DIABETES Fiji yesterday received multimedia equipment from the Latter-day Saints Charities to assist in the organisation of health and awareness campaigns.

LDS Church country welfare manager Fiji and Tuvalu Frank Stanford presented the equipment and said it would be used by the centre to conduct life-saving and awareness programs.

“We appreciate the work that you have been doing and we are happy today to contribute to this in any way that we can,” Mr Stanford said.

Diabetes Fiji project manager Viliame Qio said the equipment would be used to improve the presentation and delivery of workshops.

“Currently we have a program which is running in the Northern Division, the training of nurses and doctors on diabetes foot care and diabetes management so most of our equipment are being used,” Mr Qio said.

“We have been lacking these equipment in the office in terms of our awareness and community outreach so we had to seek assistance from various partners and LDS has come in to help and we are grateful to them for this show of generosity.

“This equipment will be used in our outreach programs with sporting bodies, faith-based organisations and corporate bodies that invite us to give awareness talks.”

Mr Qio said more health care workers would be trained to provide efficient care for people with diabetes.

The multimedia equipment set included a laptop, projector, hard drive, mouse, cooler and a pointer.