The FLO Pasifika for Life programme equips Pasifika families and communities to prevent suicide and respond effectively if a suicide occurs.
Funded by Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora, FLO is Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Pasifika national suicide prevention programme.
FLO’s purpose and essence
FLO aims to engage and empower Pasifika families and communities in a sustainable way to ensure they know how to prevent suicide and to respond safely and effectively if a suicide occurs.
FLO refers to ‘For Life’ and the ‘O’ symbolises our ‘flow’. Flow is the reciprocal interaction that we have in our relationships with friends, family, community and environment. Flow happens in the va – the relational space between people. Smooth flow happens when we:
- communicate well
- have strong cultural identity
- connect with others
- strengthen family
- find hope and courage through spirituality.
These are our top five tactics for life that help our Pasifika families and communities to flourish.
