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Repeka Nasiko
7 May, 2021, 6:00 pm
Daniel Rajesh Kumar (right) and Dhirend Chand received food assistance from Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) at their home in Naikabula Lautoka. Picture: REINAL CHAND
FORTY-four areas in Lautoka where families have been in lockdown for more than two weeks have been receiving food packs from FRIEND (Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development) Fiji.
The non-governmental organisation gave food packs to the Commissioner Western’s office for distribution to about 200 families presently in isolation.
FRIEND Fiji executive director Sashi Kiran said they were approached by the Commissioner Western’s office to supply food rations to families affected by the April 19 lockdown.