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Ministries Market Day A Hit

SMSE’S THRIVE AT INAUGURAL OPEN MARKET DAY

- FREDERICA ELBOURNE Feedback: frederica.elbourne@fijisun.com.fj

The Government’s inaugural open market day promoting micro, small, medium enterprene­urs was a success.

Four Government ministries collaborat­ed to enable the event which was held at Ratu Sukuna Park yesterday.

Micro small medium enterprise­s (MSME) hailed the market day for the exposure it brought their businesses.

The event drew 30 vendors, as hundreds of people flocked through the park throughout the daylong event.

One such vendor was Esther Wellness Ministry, owners of Natural Wellness Juice.

The company will open it’s first health awareness and shop next month.

The shop will be located at Road,Valelevu.

Owner Talica Domoni said the opening of the spa and shop followed numerous calls and enquiries from customers about where goods could be purchased. “Many people have asked about where they can source our homemade health products from,” she said.

“We decided to open a shop.”

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Natural Wellness Juice is a homemade health drink that’s hitting the local raves.

“I was inspired to help people’s health,” she said about her innovation of homegrown concoction that has become the talk in health awareness circles. Ms Domoni believes the juice boosts the immune system.

Natural Wellness Juice contains ingredient­s such as ginger, cayanne pepper and chillies.

Ms Domoni said the health juice was approved by the Ministry of Health after a two year vetting process.

She said her colleagues nurses.

Ms Domoni has agents around the country from where customers can access the are

Khalsa retired health juice.

Since the coronaviru­s crisis, her agents have diversifie­d their range of products to include homemade cosmetics, homemade brown bread, health spreads and sauces.

Sauces and a host of health food have also made it to the company’s list of items.

Natural Wellness Juice’s shop will open on September 1.

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 ?? Photo: Frederica Elbourne ?? Esther Wellness Ministry workers Caroline Whippy, Manasa Vakasoqo and owner Talica Domoni with a bottle of Natural Wellness Juice.
Photo: Frederica Elbourne Esther Wellness Ministry workers Caroline Whippy, Manasa Vakasoqo and owner Talica Domoni with a bottle of Natural Wellness Juice.
 ?? Photo: Frederica Elbourne ?? Esther Wellness Ministry staff have diversfied their range of homemade products to include hair gels and facial scrubs, to name a few. items they have created following the coronaviru­s crisis.
Photo: Frederica Elbourne Esther Wellness Ministry staff have diversfied their range of homemade products to include hair gels and facial scrubs, to name a few. items they have created following the coronaviru­s crisis.
 ?? Photo: Frederica Elbourne ?? Arti Prasad of Tagimoucia Fresh at the open day at Ratu Sukuna Park yesterday.
Photo: Frederica Elbourne Arti Prasad of Tagimoucia Fresh at the open day at Ratu Sukuna Park yesterday.

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