Running for Teresia's Legacy - Cigna Round the Bays
Contribute to Teresia's legacy by supporting future generations of Pacific students.
Wellington
Dr. Teresia Teaiwa, a friend, mum, mentor, colleague, scholar, poet, feminist and activist who stood against injustice and inequality. A leading light of the Pacific, Teresia founded Va'aomanu Pasifika Pacific Studies Dept at Victoria University which was the first in the world to offer a Bachelor's degree in Pacific Studies.
Teresia passed away in March 2017 after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Teresia's dying wish was to create a scholarship to provide Pasifika students with the opportunity to study Pacific Studies at Victoria University and to create pathways for Pacific students to contribute to their communities.
Teresia was a regular participant in the Cigna Round the Bays fun run/walk. This year we will be joining to honour her memory and to continue her legacy. Teresia touched many lives and is dearly missed.
Please render your support by donating to this Givealittle initiative.
Your contribution will help keep Teresia's dream alive.
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Matalena Leaupepe's involvement (page creator)
We are supporting Teresia's wish to create a scholarship to provide Pacific students with the opportunity to study Pacific Studies at Victoria University. Her hope was to create an undergraduate and postgraduate scholarship each year.
Friends and family of Teresia are running the Cigna Wellington Round the Bays on the 18th February to raise funds and awareness of Teresia's wish.
Use of funds
All funds will be passed onto Teresia Teaiwa Scholarship Fund administered by the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation.
Latest update
We did it! 16 January 2018
Thank you for supporting us in our efforts to walk/run in the Cigna Round the Bays in honour of our beloved Teresia. Being able to move is so important and then moving for a good cause and creating a movement can be such a powerful thing. Thank you for joining us in our movement to raise the profile of Teresia’s Legacy and what she stood for in her 48 years on earth. Your contributions will go a long way towards supporting Pacific students and in keeping Teresia’s legacy alive. God bless you. Alofa tele, Matalena and team
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