Vinod Bhindi, a Fijian Indian American successful entrepreneur and businessman in Southern California, has officially assumed the post of Honorary Consul of Fiji in Los Angeles.
Bhindi, the owner of Bhindi Jewelers headquartered in Artesia, California, with four total locations in the U.S. â three in California; one in Georgia â was born and raised in Fiji, emigrating to North America in 1975.
Initially, Bhindi and his family set up shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opening their first Bhindi Jewelers. He said in an interview with the U.S. Fiji Times that during the early years, he would spend more than half the year in Fiji, and the other in Canada. His brothers managed the store while he was gone, he said in the report.
MEMBERS OF THE FIJIAN DIASPORA IN CANADA COMMENDED FOR THEIR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO CYCLONE VICTIMS IN FIJI
27/02/2021
Suva- The Fijian Government has conveyed its sincere gratitude to the members of the Fijian Diaspora in Canada for its continued humanitarian assistance to Fiji over the years, the latest being donations towards the Prime Minister’s Tropical Cyclone Yasa Relief Fund.
In thanking the Diaspora during a zoom meeting yesterday, Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Mr Yogesh Karan said the tremendous assistance from the Fijian community in Canada has clearly exemplified their true Fijian spirit of showing love and care to those affected here at home.
March 1, 2021 5:48 am
[Source: Fijian Government]
The Fijian Diaspora in Canada will be contributing $40, 000 to the Prime Minister’s TC Yasa Relief Fund.
The money was collected during the Diaspora’s second fundraising drive.
Fiji’s Honorary Consul in Vancouver Bobby Naicker says they mobilised a team which volunteered during Christmas and New Year’s holidays to organise fundraising drives for the cyclone victims.
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Naicker says such assistance “is a way of giving back to their homeland” and lending a helping hand to those affected
He also reaffirmed their support and commitment towards rebuilding the lives of the cyclone victims in Fiji.