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Le Va leads New Zealand’s first national Pasifika Suicide Prevention Programme – ‘FLO: Pasifika for Life’.

Two recently released studies were the focus of a ONE news story recently which highlighted high rates of suicide attempts for Pasifika youth but low rates of access to mental health services.

Our young Pasifika leaders at the recent 2017 Pacific Youth Parliament, are lobbying for better mental health education in schools.

The Futures that Work programme has awarded over 300 scholarships over the past 7 years and has contributed in a significant way to growing the size and skills of the Pacific workforce.

We were asked for our opinion by media, so we’ve listed our 13 reasons why we must ‘at least do no harm’ when dealing with the issue of suicide.

The Ministry of Health is currently consulting on a draft strategy to prevent suicide in New Zealand and Le Va is hosting a Pacific fono on 24 May so your voices and views can be heard.