Child protection
Supporting safe environments for children by strengthening awareness, referral pathways, and coordination with families, schools, and local services.
Learn moreInvektion Pacific works alongside local communities in Fiji and across the Pacific — supporting child protection and the empowerment of women and girls, led by the people closest to the change.
We believe the most durable change is designed and owned locally. Our role is to listen, resource, and walk alongside communities, families, and local organisations — never to speak over them.
Invektion Pacific is a Kumarco initiative. Our focus areas are framed as current priorities and proposals; we publish outcomes only once real, verified data is available.
Read our approachThese are our current focus areas. They are framed as priorities and proposals — activities and results will be documented as programs are established with local partners.
Supporting safe environments for children by strengthening awareness, referral pathways, and coordination with families, schools, and local services.
Learn moreBacking local leadership, skills, and safety for women and girls — recognising the close link between ending violence against women and protecting children.
Learn moreResourcing community-defined priorities and local organisations across Fiji and the Pacific, so decisions and delivery stay close to home.
Learn moreRegional reviews highlight that child protection in the Pacific is strongest when it is community-contextualised, coordinated across agencies, and connected to work on ending violence against women and girls (UNICEF/DFAT independent review).
In 2024, Fiji's Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection set out national child wellbeing priorities — including advancing the Child Justice and Childcare and Protection Bills — and called for closer collaboration with development partners (Fijian Government).
See resources & contextThis website and its contact form are not a reporting or emergency service. If a child is at immediate risk, contact your local emergency services or official child protection authorities right away. In Fiji you can call the national emergency number 911. Do not use this form to report urgent concerns.
We welcome conversations with local organisations, community leaders, volunteers, and supporters who share our commitment to safe childhoods and empowered communities.