📋 Tender Overview
More than forty households 200 villagers and a Kindergarten school in Nasaucoko Village are expected to benefit from the fifteenth Hop-Skip Jump and fifty two-foot crossing project. This follows the commissioning of a foot-crossing bridge which was the Fifteenth for the Hop-Skip Jump project to be completed respectively in Nasaucoko Village in Navosa today. Minister for Agriculture Rural and Maritime Development Waterways and Environment Hon. Dr. Mahendra Reddy while commissioning the bridges said the livelihoods of all communities regardless of the geographical location were paramount to Government.Minister Reddy reiterated the Fijian Governments commitment towards the protection and development of rural and maritime communities for improved quality of life highlighting public service delivery being brought to rural communities to address the disparity between rural and urban growth. This foot-crossing bridge will not only provide easy access for the villagers to cross the creek but will also allow safer crossings for school children women and elders of the village he said. The Hop-Skip Jump project was launched in late September 2019 and marks the governments commitment towards the development of rural and maritime communities by bridging the development gap between rural and urban areas through the provision of the foot crossing to vulnerable communities.A total of Fifteen foot-crossing bridges has been completed which has benefited Fijians including women and children for easy access farms schools towns health service and etc. Meanwhile a village kindergarten teacher Asenaca Batiloni said crossing the creek was difficult for the kindergarten students during the rainy weather. The students used to walk by the river to school during the rainy weather as the old crossing was only a tree trunk which was very difficult for the elders and the children to cross Ms Batiloni said. This crossing will now allow children to attend classes daily and will allow elderly people of the village to move around easily across the village.
