LiA Project Report

This summer, I spent six weeks in a rural village in Fiji on a community and health expedition. During this time, our team built a medical dispensary and volunteered with two local charities, Diabetes Fiji and Youth Champs 4 Mental Health. This report details the project aims and work processes.

Aug 31, 2023

Ruhani Walia

National Scholar and Student Researcher, Stanford Digital Economy Lab, IRPP, Toronto Experimental Economics Lab

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As part of my second summer in the Undergraduate Leadership and Research Program, I completed my LiA with Think Pacific. I spent six weeks living with a host family in an indigenous village in Fiji while on a community and health expedition. Our project involved building a medical dispensary with support from the Ministry of Health for the two settlements we stayed with, delivering mental health workshops alongside Youth Champs 4 Mental Health, conducting a community health day organized by Diabetes Fiji for the settlements and surrounding villages, and taking part in a culture course as requested by the Ministry of iTaukei Affairs. This report describes how we completed each aim while on project and what we accomplished during our time in Fiji.

Ruhani Walia (She/Her)

National Scholar and Student Researcher, Stanford Digital Economy Lab, IRPP, Toronto Experimental Economics Lab

A curious writer, learner, and economist in training. Always open to having a virtual or in-person coffee chat :)