Miss Samoa NSW

Miss Samoa Pageant

13 hours ago

Exactly a week ago, was the grand finale to a wonderful week long celebration of Pasefika beauty and uniqueness in PNG. Here's a look back at how the night unfolded. Our Miss Samoa Fonoifafo Mcfarland-Seumanu was consistent through out and came away with the crown in the end. A big faamalo and faafetai to our Samoan community in Port Moresby who showed up in force to support our Miss Samoa! Malo le tapuai malo le lotonu'u!

MUA Jacqui's Beauty
Hair Peata's Salon
Photos Vanu Studios
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Miss Samoa Pageant is with Fonoifafo Mcfarland-Seumanu.

19 hours ago

Vaccination

Day 2 implementation of mass vaccination programme.

Before rolling out the programme I wasn’t sure of what the commitment would entail - all I knew was that I wanted to work alongside the local heroes who were working tirelessly to help save our country.

During my first press conference as Miss Pacific Island the topic of measles was heavily discussed. I couldn’t fight back the tears knowing that we had lost 50+ precious lives from a preventable disease.

I may not have personally known any of the children who we’ve lost, but I have 5 children I’ve cared for as my own; I cannot (nor wish to) imagine the pain I would feel if I were to loose one of them. I and our country grieve with you. Our heart aches with you, because your loss is also ours. We hear your cries and our people have come together in solidarity with you to fight against any further deaths from measles.

As a country we have pulled together all resouces in our attempt to mitigate the spread of measles - Samoa’s medical staff, the teams who’ve travelled from overseas, the drivers, the data enterers, the police, the CEO’s who stepped in, the country leaders, EVERYONE put their best foot forward in attempts to stop the numbers from increasing.

The past two days has been overwhelming to say the least. But I couldn’t be more proud of my country then I am since we started this mass vaccination program. The willingness of everyone to serve and lend a helping hand where they can has been nothing short of amazing and heart warming. Seeing all this has made me develop a deeper love & an undeniable appreciation for our people. You all have been the epitome of what service and love truly means and I thank you for the example you’ve set for me.

Many of our families may still have their reservations about being vaccinated, but I wish to take this time to reassure our families that IT IS OK TO VACCINATE. Vaccinations has helped eradicate many diseases in the past and it too can do the same for our future.

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Miss Samoa Pageant

3 days ago

Day 1 of implementing the mass vaccination programme here in Samoa. We gained informed consent for over 150 families & administered the MR vaccine with positive effect.

I had to fight back the urge to cry every time we visited the elderly & younger children. Our children are so vulnerable & have an important role to play in the development of our future, so it was heartwarming to see them put their brave faces on for us as we prepared to vaccinate them.
I also got to witness firsthand how hard our local staff are working to front this epidemic. We need to credit them!

My team consisted of 4 members including myself - data enterer, 2 nurses & a driver. Each team member went above & beyond their expected roles - Vito (who was in charge of data entry) went door knocking on ALL doors in the villages, not just the ones with red material. When asked why he bothered, he simply said because he didn’t want anyone to miss out. We found that a lot of the families who needed the vaccine didn’t have red material because they didn’t have TV/phones to receive news of it.
Our driver took on the responsibility of marking off the people who’d completed vaccination, gathering everyone to one site so we wouldn’t have to walk miles, and the local Nurse Se’e who taught me so much in such a short time span.
Each team member played a valuable role with a common goal in mind - vaccinating to save our country.

Today we fought the sun, the heat & the exhaustion and because of our very own people, I am inspired to do it all over again.
Photo credit: @unicefpacific @allan_lightexplorer

Thank you also to Owner of Orator Hotel, Jerry Brunt for sponsoring lunch for our team.

*Gloves are NOT required during vaccinations. Thank you

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Miss Samoa Pageant

4 days ago

Our newly crowned Miss Pacific Island swaps her crown for her Nursing cap, helping to ensure families are in Samoa are immunised against measles.

Tomorrow she will be joining the team of vaccinators who will be going into the communities to reach families in rural areas.

Please contact your health line if you have any of these symptoms:
Sore red eyes
Runny nose
High fever
Cough
Rash

Edit: Gloves are not required during vaccination process however, Samoa hospital staff would appreciate donations as such. PM for more info.

Faafetai lava.

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