1. WHOLESOME DRINKING WATER FOR RURAL AREAS IN FIJI, A CONTRIBUTOR TO Sustainable development
Name: Lote Rusaqoli Lakolako
Professor: Norufumi Hotta
Master in Environmental Science [M1]
School: Life & Environmental Science
University of Tsukuba

2. Presentation layout INTRODUCTION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
Statistics
Case scenario
Challenges
Opportunities
benefits

3. introduction
Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for socio- economic development, healthy ecosystems and for human survival itself. (United Nations Department of Economic & Social Affairs, 2015)

4. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
The MDGS, agreed in 2000, aim to halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation between 1990 and 2015.
A total of 748 million people still do not have access to an improved drinking water source.
Goal 3 ・gender equality by empowering women.

5. FIJI’S STATISTICS / BACKGROUND information's
Locality
FIJI IN THE PACIFIC
Population : Estimated to be 865,611 as at the end of Fiji Bureau of Statistics 2017
Land mass: 18,270 sq. km. 332 islands ,110 islands of which are inhabited.
Economy: Sugar export and tourism industry.
Language: English (Official)
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6. CASE SCENARIO – CIKOBIA ISLAND
The island is located approximately 134 kilometers from mainland.
Access to education and health services
The sea and copra are the two main source of income
Consists of four (4) village’s
Intact with tradition and culture

7. CHALLENGES
Inadequate supply of water for drinking and domestic purposes

8. Challenges continued Island in isolation
Impacts of global warming (Sea level rise etc…)
Protection of traditional knowledge
Early migration of population
Accessibility to services (trading etc…)
Economic opportunities are not maximized
Financial capabilities for water project implementation

9. Opportunities Availability of natural resources
Communities are intact with tradition

10. benefits of Improving Rural Water Supply
Reducing of early migration
Protects human health
Maximizing opportunities in rural communities
Allows the protection of culture and tradition

11. VINAKA….tHANK YOU.