Lisa Faerua is a Pacific Freelance Consultant. She brings 17 years of experience in international and community development in the areas of leadership, design, monitoring and evaluation. Lisa has provided technical support to DFAT, MFAT, and Non-Government Organisations such Oxfam, Save the Children, World Vision, Care International, Habitat For Humanity, Engineers Without Boarders. Lisa has conducted strategic evaluations in the Pacific on WASH, Women Leadership, GEDSI, Governance, Preparedness, Humanitarian, Recovery and Safeguarding. Lisa advocates for the role of local researchers and evaluators in the pacific as key players and contributors to existing traditional knowledge and that this knowledge need to be elevated.