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Priorities of the People: Hardship in Samoa

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Who is Facing Hardship?

The groups of people who are considered in hardship in their communities are those who

• are jobless
• are disabled
• are single mothers
• are beggars/homeless
• are lazy
• have poor spiritual lives

Also, families perceived to be experiencing hardship include those who

	Larger family size is creating more demand for jobs and education

• are landless or living on leased land
• are living in a faleoo (traditional house made of native materials)
• have large families
• have only one (or no) family member with a job
• are young families
• are unskilled with no hope of getting a job

People are facing hardship in both rural and urban areas. In the rural areas, they are generally the people who live inland, who have very limited or no access to markets for plantation (farm) crops, safe water supply, communication facilities, and other basic services. In the urban areas, they are the people who live on leased land without enough space to grow crops, on flood-prone areas, or on traditional lands but with very little or no access to services such as transport, communication facilities, and water supply.

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