Contacts:

Fusikaunanga Kupu

Marketing, Digicel Tonga

Mobile: +676 841 5019

Email: fusi.kupu@digicelgroup.com

DIGICEL (TONGA) MAKES THEIR MARK IN HEALTH.

Monday 30^th May, 2011:  Tonga is ranked top 10 in the world for Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) mainly obesity. It is a major health risk and Digicel is extending their arms to the health of the people in the Kingdom.

 Digicel teams up with Tonga Health, an organization of the Ministry of Health and promotes healthy living. A five year campaign funded by the Australian Government (AusAid), their initiative is focus on four main factors, tobacco, alcohol consumption, physical activity and healthy eating.

Digicel (Tonga) Commercial Manager Jack Bourke says “It is important for the people of Tonga to step up and engage in this plan as it is widely known as an epidemic across the Pacific Islands. It is usually targeted among Pacific islanders with common health problems relating to their kind of lifestyles they live in”.

Jack Bourke and Digicel staffs have already started promoting healthy living by joining zumba classes burning off fat at Teufaiva every Thursday evening.

There is nothing Digicel cannot do; they have practically made their Digicel mark throughout the Kingdom from phones, roads, water, entertainment, zumba but most importantly, the health of Tongan people.

About Digicel

After nine years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has 11 million customers across its 32 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team. 

Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

In 2004, Digicel developed Digicel Rising Stars – an annual talent show to support aspiring young music artists in the Caribbean. The show has spanned the Eastern Caribbean, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago ranking as one of the top-rated shows.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com   for more information.