Fundraiser for Exhibition on Girmit Women of Fiji

Namaste/Ni sa Bula Vinaka

We are collecting funds to pay for the costs of our exhibition now called Exploring the Lives of the Girmit Women of Fiji (previously named as Katha - Stories of the Girmit Women). Please follow our Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/groups/livesofgirmitwomenfiji. We will research about their lives, make artwork, showcase their journeys from books, and their future generations.

Girmit Women of Fiji were Indian women that were brought to Fiji during the Indenture Period to work on the Sugarcane Plantations between 1879 and 1916. they also worked on banana, rubber and copra plantations. These women are our ancestors and we are so proud to be making connections with their descendants to tell their stories.

We need funding for travel, publicity & printing, hireage of exhibition space ($1288 for a week), art supplies ($900), travel and administration/operational expenses.

This is not only an exhibition; it is also a medium through which we educate ourselves, our future generations, our Pacific brothers and sisters about the journeys of the Indian people and their connection to the Pacific. This is a first of a series of exhibitions to follow in the coming years.

We will appreciate any help we can get.

Dhanyavaad/Vinaka Vakalevu

from the Team of Exploring the Lives of the Girmit Women of Fiji