DIGICEL’S CHANGEMAKER DAY AT THE CAMPUS OF HOPE
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The inaugural Digicel Samoa’s Change Maker's Day was declared today, making the 5th of June every year as a day to make positive changes in the community.
For the Chair of the Digicel Samoa, Fia’ailetoa Pepe Christian Fruean, management and staff, there was no better place to kick start this giving back to the community initiative than the Campus of Hope shelter facility for abused children and women.
The shelter facility is part of the core services of the Samoa Victim Support Group.
Donning their bright red working clothes, the Digicel team embarked on general maintenance work such as weeding and cleaning the whole Campus compound.
Included in the Change Makers activity was quality time spent with the children, singing, dancing while others were baby sitting the new born to the toddlers.
It was a change making experience for some of the female staff, as their motherly love enabled them to make that immediate bonding with the babies.
The children on the other hand were on a league of their own, as they are so used to spending time with the Digicel part of the SVSG extended family.
The Ray of Hope shelter for pregnant survivors of rape, situated on Campus was built with funding support from the Ray of Hope Foundation, and coordinated by Digicel Samoa.
The rehabilitation programs at the Campus including the children’s community outings have all been made possible with funding support from Digicel.
Even the abused women rescued through the Helpline services were beneficiaries of Digicel's free call services for SVSG and its work to address violence against women and children.
According to the SVSG President Siliniu Lina Chang, “Digicel’s Change Maker’s Day today reiterated the importance of engaging our collective ‘aiga’ as part of the support we provide to the abused and the most vulnerable. The connection comes naturally and the love is purely sincere. Thank you Pepe Christian Fruean and Digicel Samoa for always being there for those in need.”