pn822. FRIEND's Sashi Kiran - "Follow your Dreams: What's the worst that could happen?" on TED TalkxSuva

 

Update 16.12.21. People crying out for food.

I first met Sashi Kiran when she was my guide on an around-the-island tour of Viti Levu and a shorter tour on Vanua Levu. We were visiting Fiji Council of Social Services local locations as part of my consultancy for an aid agency. 

Later, before she left FCOSS, I persuaded her to study for a Postgraduate Diploma in Development Studies at the University of the South Pacific. She had previously worked in media for three years. With this and her development work with FCOSS , she was eligible to enter our programme although she did not have an undergraduate degree.

I had always wanted Development Studies to have close, interactive ties with the NGO "development" community and I had persuaded the university to amend its regulations to allow entry for people active in NGOs who did not have an undergraduate degree.