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THANK YOU SMEC!

30/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

Through persistent advocacy and awareness – we were noticed by a Business in September 2024, that wanted to give back to the community. They chose the Lupus Foundation of Fiji. The LFF would like to thank the Executives and Staff of SMEC International Pty Ltd., for their donation towards our Awareness Campaign. Vinaka vakalevu for […]

2025 INTERNATIONAL LUPUS DAY!

25/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

International Lupus Day is universally celebrated in the Lupus Awareness month of May. The special day is May the 10th, which is also – the Lupus Foundation of Fiji’s birthday! This year, the LFF turned 6! Officiating at this year’s celebrations was the Assistant Minister for Health – the Honourable Penioni Ravunawa. The event was […]

2025 WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES

25/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

This year – “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” was a first of its kind. First in the sense that we had a ‘Chief Guest’ to share a few words and participate as well in our Awareness Walk! Also as a First – the 2025 “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” and “Dancing With Lupus” […]

2025 DANCING WITH LUPUS!

24/09/2025 / 24/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

In the final event to conclude our Lupus Awareness Month of May, the Foundation’s signature event dubbed “Dancing with Lupus”, which is a charity dinner – the Lupus Foundation of Fiji achieved a milestone, in that we had as our Chief Guest, the Prime Minister of Fiji – the Honourable Sitiveni Rabuka! The Prime Minister […]

2024 WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES!

23/09/2025 / 07/10/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

On the first Saturday of the Lupus Awareness month of May, 2024, the LFF held it’s first official event on it’s Awareness calendar – “Walk A Mile In My Shoes!”, an awareness walk that is slowly gaining traction in our official awareness events. Lupus Warriors, families, supporters of the Foundation, Organizations, members of other NGO’s, […]

Walk A Mile In My Shoes 2023!

22/09/2025 / 22/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

2023’s “Walk A Mile In My Shoes” was indeed another small success in creating awareness on Lupus and we’ve seen this event just keep growing over the years since we began this journey in 2019. Every year we see new lupus warriors, their families and supporters, groups, and even sports clubs – attend our very […]

2022 Dancing With Lupus Charity Dinner

16/09/2025 / 16/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

On the last Saturday of May 2022, the Lupus Awareness Month of May came to an end with our signature “Dancing With Lupus” charity dinner. The chief guest this year was the Minister for Economy and Attorney-General of Fiji – Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. This year was memorable as it was the year that the world […]

WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES 2023!

16/09/2025 / 16/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

“Walk A Mile In My Shoes 2023” was really exciting for the LFF, as we kicked-off our ‘Awareness Month of May’, with the knowledge that this year was going to be different, as a few of our executive members met with the Minister for Health and Medical Services – the Honourable Dr. Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu, […]

International Lupus Day 2024

16/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

On the 10th of May of 2024, the Lupus Foundation of Fiji celebrated “International Lupus Day” and also the 5th birthday of the Foundation! The LFF invited the Permanent Secretary for Health – Dr. Jemesa Tudravu, to be our chief guest at this auspicious occasion. In his address – Dr. Tudravu reassured the Foundation, that […]

Lupus Foundation of Fiji Signs MOU with the Ministry of Health – An Historic Day for the LFF!

09/09/2025 by Kali Turagaiviu | Leave a Comment

After the launch of the Lupus Foundation of Fiji on the 10th of May 2019, the LFF hit the ground running with a sense of urgency in its work of creating awareness, education and advocacy – in the fight against the auto-immune disease – “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” (SLE), or commonly known as “Lupus”. Beginning its […]