The REFORMER
2016 Issue No.3 Supporting Second Chances t was a sea of yellow on November 4 when with our very own Olympian, Raijeli Daveua. Naboro Maximum Center who were released to close to 400 people took to the streets in Suva Sevanaia Rayawa who is partially disable, went witness the effort of the FCS and members of the for this year’s Fiji Corrections Service’s Yellow against all odds to finish the 6.5km race from Al- community who have continuously worked to- IRibbon Walk in support of the successful reinte- bert Part to Ratu Sukuna Park, even though he gether to raise awareness for the successful re-in- gration of ex-offenders into the community. was last to reach the final destination. tegration of the ex-offenders. It was a record turnout since the annual event “I am firm believer in second chances because Mr Sayed-Khayium said giving people a second began in 2010 and the first YRP walk under the that is one of God’s principles. If God is able to chance would also benefit the country. leadership of Corrections Commissioner, Com- forgive us for our since then we should also find “This Government started the Yellow Ribbon mander Francis Kean. The YR Campaign was it in our heart to forgive the ex-offenders and to initiative and now under the FijiFirst initiative, launched in Fiji in 2008. give them a second chance at life,” Mr Rayawa this fundamentally stands from the fact that we The event attracted heads of Government in- said. believe that we need to be a caring nation, we cluding our line Minister and Attorney General “I had to wake up at 3am in order to get across need to nurture our people, because lots of these Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum; civil servants; members to Suva from Nausori because I want to show people who may have been to prison may have of the statutory bodies, business communities, my support for the YR campaign.
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