Our Auckland mental health and addiction leaders co-designed GPS, prioritising cross-sector issues important for the region where integrated solutions are necessary. Suicide prevention was high priority. The World Health Organisation posits that for effective...
Growing the size and skills of the Pacific workforce takes more than just financial support, it’s also about providing appropriate mentoring, coaching, cultural and pastoral care, and identifying career pathways. It’s also about just plain motivating and...
Held at Le Va, Harakeke House, Manukau, 24 May 2017 New Zealand suicide rates continue to be a critical issue in our country, and although some progress has been made over the years the NZ Government acknowledges more needs to be done to prevent suicide in New...
Le Va leads New Zealand’s first national Pasifika Suicide Prevention Programme – ‘FLO: Pasifika for Life’. One component of our FLO programme is supporting local grass roots initiatives and leaders to deliver suicide prevention projects from within their own...
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. You can view the news article below with our CEO, Dr Monique Faleafa...
