This radio station, the Voice of the South Pacific,
this is a community broadcast radio station.
This is a Pacific Islanders’ channel, you know,
that we can connect.
We need to support each other, educate each other,
find resources, and share with our community.
We live in a very high tech society
and yet there's a lot of them are so lonely,
they’re so isolated, and we felt a radio station
really make a difference.
We use it as a means of communication.
Not just a one-way, but we allow people to talk back to us,
and we get feedback from the community
of what the challenges that they're facing.
Our communities perish because of lack of knowledge,
not education-wise, but with the resources that we have.
Sometimes the fear of, from a small island,
kind of like restrict us from not asking for help.
So that's where we come in as culture navigators.
During the COVID 19,
people find out: Where is the vaccine event?
What are the criteria and the guidelines for them to follow?
What about travel international?
We use the broadcast to reach out and touch our community.
And we were able to bring on different Islander doctors,
different Islander mental health therapists, community leaders
and have these what we call
Talanoa Conversations or community talks.
We're running our mental health series, part six.
It's different when
you go see someone who
looks like you and can relate to a lot of
the things that you deal with.
Each island, like Tonga has their own language,
Samoa has their own language, Fiji has their own language.
And this radio station, we are all part of this
broadcast.
Thank you everyone for tuning in to the Voice
of South Pacific broadcast. Thank you.