Janet Lotawa

Janet worked as a development and fundraising professional for more than ten years at non-profit organizations focused on education and equity in the United States including NW Immigrant Rights Project, Giddens School and TAF (Technology Access Foundation). She considers Co-founding Rise Beyond the Reef one of her major life goals and is deeply committed to changing the reality of life for women and children in the South Pacific through creative and effective community development strategies.
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Cyclone Winston a call to invest in Fiji’s rural economy

by Janet Lotawa
Building economic resiliency will be the key to helping rural Fijian communities weather Cyclone Winston.
Mar 3, 2016

Mainstreaming climate change in the Pacific Islands

by Janet Lotawa
As world leaders debate climate change in New York, Fiji and other Pacific Islands are feeling the impacts first hand.
Sep 23, 2014
Janet and Semi Lotawa in Fiji, circa 1995. (Photo courtesy Janet Lotawa)

Rise Beyond the Reef launches rural development in Fiji

by Janet Lotawa
For Janet Lotawa, the first step to starting an international development NGO was falling in love.
Jul 13, 2013