{"id":1038,"date":"2021-09-08T08:21:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T08:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2021-09-08T08:21:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T08:21:53","slug":"fijis-vaccine-lottery-winner-rigamoto-encourages-fijians-to-get-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1038","title":{"rendered":"Fiji&#8217;s Vaccine Lottery Winner Rigamoto Encourages Fijians to Get Vaccinated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1039\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1039\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1039\" src=\"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FB_IMG_1631088882110-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FB_IMG_1631088882110-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FB_IMG_1631088882110-600x797.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/FB_IMG_1631088882110.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source:FIJIAN GOV&#8217;T<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Vaccine Lottery Winner Rigamoto Encourages Fijians to Get Vaccinated<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was something I would share after winning the lottery it would be to encourage my Fijian brothers and sisters to come forward and get vaccinated. We must spread the word about the importance of vaccines to our families, friends, and the Government, so we can be protected from this deadly virus and bring back normalcy to our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These were the sentiments of the $8,000 first draw Win Together Sweepstakes winner, 26-year-old Lorraine Rigamoto of Raiwaqa, in Suva.<\/p>\n<p>In her testimony, Ms Rigamoto shared her experience of not being able to provide for her family during the pandemic as her workplace had to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work for Parmar\u2019s footwear in Suva so during the recent lockdown, shops had to close and jobs were affected. It has been challenging because my partner is self-employed, and especially after giving birth to my daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am blessed to have won this lottery which I know will assist my family. Half of the money will be spent, and the rest will be saved because we do not know how long this pandemic will last.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank the Fijian Government for their continuous support especially to Fijians that have lost their jobs and for the employment assistance that many of us have accessed to assist our families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She hopes Fijians will get vaccinated and not be swayed by the rumours on social media but rather help the country return to normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>The Government will be awarding a total of $51,000 in prize money to ten winners in the second draw of the Win Together Sweepstakes will be in honour of Fiji\u2019s 51st anniversary of independence.<\/p>\n<p>-FIJIAN GOV&#8217;T<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Vaccine Lottery Winner Rigamoto Encourages Fijians to Get Vaccinated \u201cIf there was something I would share after winning the lottery it would be to encourage my Fijian brothers and sisters to come forward and get vaccinated. We must spread the word about the importance of vaccines to our families, friends, and the Government, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,175,222],"tags":[59,218],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-fiji-news","category-latest-news","tag-featured","tag-fiji"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1040,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions\/1040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}