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Welcome to Vosa, celebrating Pacific and Papua New Guinean voices and discussing our future. Vosa is a storytelling project, driven by experts and creatives in the region, with support from the World Bank in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea.

Bula vinaka, my name is Arieta Rika, and I’m your host. I am a Fijian (Somosomo, Gau) and Tongan (Kolomotu’a) woman, as well as a Pacific storyteller, and communications expert, with over ten years of experience in social impact and nonprofit communications in Australia and the Pacific.

I am so excited, to talanoa with guests from across the region, who are actively involved in the topics we discuss. Our guests are vibrant pioneers, creative influencers, powerful innovators, and instrumental trendsetters with stories that ignite pride, spark passion, and motivate positive movement and change in local and regional settings.

On that note, I’m thrilled to share an insight into the focus of each talanoa on Episode 1 and Episode 2.

Episode 1 will focus on the platforms that exist for individuals from the region to share their stories, and why individual and collective storytelling is an important component of shaping our identity and promoting tolerance and understanding.

Episode 2 will focus on Gender-Based Violence, in response to the recent notable cases of violence in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea, resulting in widespread community activism. This talanoa will focus on inspiring local and regional voices who are working to address gender-based violence and address toxic masculinity.

Please, keep an eye out for the launch of our first episode in the coming weeks. In the meantime, please know that I am so excited and deeply grateful to have you as a part of our Vosa community from wherever you are listening from, especially for those who are listening from home in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea.

I invite you to like, follow, share, and talanoa with us on social media via @vosapodcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram.

Vinaka vaka levu, I look forward to inviting you to join us for our first talanoa on Vosa soon.

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