Who we are
Fiji Meimei Care is a directory of qualified, vetted Fijian childcare professionals across Viti Levu. We're not a babysitting agency. We don't employ the Meimei listed here — they each run their own independent, licensed childcare services. We're the team that's met them, checked their credentials, verified their references, and put them all in one place.
We exist because parents kept asking the same question. For years, families travelling to Fiji through our tour and transfer business would ask: "Can you recommend someone trustworthy to look after our kids for an evening, or a few hours, or a day?" We'd make a phone call, vouch for someone we knew, and the family would have a great experience. The system worked, but it didn't scale.
This site is what we wish every visiting parent had: a place to browse vetted Meimei, see their qualifications, read what other families have said, and contact them directly.
What "Meimei" means
In Fijian hospitality, Meimei is the word used to describe caring for others — and especially the gentle, attentive care of children. It carries the same warmth in Fiji that "auntie" or "nanny" might carry elsewhere, but it's culturally specific to here. The Meimei tradition values patience, presence, songs, stories, and the kind of care that doesn't watch the clock.
Every caregiver on this site is a Fijian woman who's grown up around children and chosen this as her profession. They bring genuine Fijian warmth to the children in their care — and many of them will teach your kids a few Fijian words or songs while they're at it.
How the directory works
We do three things:
We verify credentials. Before a Meimei is listed, we check her qualifications, run a police clearance, speak to her references, and meet her in person. She signs an agreement with us setting out the standards we ask her to maintain. We don't certify the quality of her care — that's between her and the families she works with — but we verify that her credentials are real.
We make her findable. Each Meimei has a profile on this site with her photo, bio, qualifications, areas served, and reviews from past families. Parents can browse, compare, and choose.
We get out of the way. Once you've chosen a Meimei to contact, the conversation happens directly between you and her. You discuss dates, rates, your children's needs. She confirms availability. You pay her directly when the work is done. We don't sit in the middle of the booking, don't take a platform fee, and don't handle payment.
The Meimei you book is the Meimei you've chosen — not whoever's on shift.
What we don't do
We're upfront about this so there are no surprises.
- We don't employ the Meimei. They're independent professionals. Each one carries her own public liability insurance and is responsible for her own service standards.
- We don't process payment. Whatever you pay, you pay her directly — in cash, by bank transfer, or whatever you both agree.
- We don't supervise the care itself. Once a Meimei is matched with a family, the working relationship is between them. If you have a concern, we want to know — but we're not the resort's HR department.
- We don't take responsibility for incidents during care. The Meimei carries her own insurance for that. We recommend you check policy details directly with her when discussing your booking.
This structure is deliberate. Childcare requires trust that runs directly between the caregiver and the family. Our job is to make sure you can trust the credentials of the person you're talking to — not to insert ourselves into the care relationship itself.
Who runs this directory
Fiji Meimei Care is part of the Fiji Tour Transfers family. We're a small, locally-owned team that's been serving visiting families across Viti Levu for years. The same team that organises your airport transfer and recommends your sunset tour also runs this directory.
If you've used us before and trusted us with your travel, you can trust us with our screening. If you're new to us, the Meimei directory is a fair first introduction — careful, transparent, and locally rooted.
Our screening standard
We screen carefully because the families using this directory are trusting us with the safety of their children. We don't take that lightly — and we're honest about exactly where each Meimei stands in our verification process.
The safety floor — non-negotiable
Every Meimei publicly listed on Fiji Meimei Care meets two minimum requirements before her profile goes live:
- Current Fiji Police Clearance Certificate — Obtained directly from the Fiji Police Force, current, sighted in original by our team.
- Current First Aid certificate with paediatric resuscitation — Issued by Fiji Red Cross or equivalent recognised body, current, sighted in original by our team.
If a Meimei doesn't have both of these, current, she is not publicly listed. There are no exceptions to this floor.
The three verification tiers
Beyond the safety floor, each Meimei profile shows her verification tier — a transparent label telling you exactly what's been documented and what's in progress.
★ Tier 1 Verified
Full compliance. The Meimei has provided all of the following, and our team has verified each item:
- Current Fiji Police Clearance Certificate
- Current First Aid certificate including paediatric CPR
- Proof of current public liability insurance
- Two professional references contacted by phone and verified
- In-person meeting with our team completed
- Standards Agreement signed
- Where relevant: Early Childhood qualification, resort certification, or comparable formal training documented
✓ Tier 2 Verified
Safety floor met, partial documentation. The Meimei has provided:
- Current Fiji Police Clearance Certificate (the floor)
- Current First Aid certificate (the floor)
- At least one verified professional reference (we've contacted them by phone)
- In-person meeting with our team completed
- Other documentation (insurance, second reference, formal qualifications) is being collected or renewed
○ Building Verification
Safety floor met, newer to the directory. The Meimei has provided:
- Current Fiji Police Clearance Certificate (the floor)
- Current First Aid certificate (the floor)
- Initial application and personal interview completed
- References and additional documentation being collected
These Meimei have just joined our directory. They have the safety basics in place and they're working toward Tier 2 as additional documentation arrives.
How tiers update over time
A Meimei doesn't stay at one tier permanently. As her documentation strengthens — additional references verified, insurance arranged, formal qualifications confirmed — her profile updates visibly. Building Verification → Tier 2 → Tier 1.
We re-check Tier 1 Meimei annually to confirm her documents remain current. If a Meimei's police clearance or First Aid certificate lapses and she hasn't renewed within 30 days, her profile is automatically removed from public listing until renewed.
What we don't claim
To be straight about the limits of our screening:
- We don't conduct ongoing surveillance of any Meimei's day-to-day work
- We don't run psychological assessments
- We don't run drug testing
- We're not present during the care itself, so we can't certify the quality of any individual care session — only the credentials of the person providing it
- A police clearance certificate tells us what's been reported, not everything that's ever happened. We treat it as a baseline trust signal, not a guarantee.
- Higher tiers signal more documentation — they don't guarantee any particular Meimei is the right fit for your specific family.
What you should do as the parent
Even with our screening, the most important checks are the ones you do yourself. Before confirming a Meimei:
- Look at her verification tier and what's listed on her profile
- Have a video call with her before your trip if possible
- Ask her about her experience with the specific ages of your children
- Discuss your child's routine, allergies, food preferences, sleep habits
- Confirm the rate and what's included
- Ask for the contact details of one of her recent past families if you'd like to speak to them
- Confirm her insurance details directly with her if your child has specific medical conditions
A Meimei who's confident in her work will welcome these questions. If she resists them, that itself is information.
How to raise a concern
If you have any concern about a Meimei you've contacted through this directory — before, during, or after a booking — please contact us directly. We take concerns seriously and act on them. Where appropriate, we can:
- Help facilitate a conversation between you and the Meimei
- Investigate the concern with the Meimei directly
- Move her to a lower tier while the concern is being investigated
- Remove her listing if the concern is substantiated
Reach us on WhatsApp at any time.
We could pretend every Meimei is fully verified to make the directory look more impressive. We choose not to. Transparency about where each Meimei genuinely stands is what your family deserves — and it's the standard we hold ourselves to.
If you have questions about our process that aren't answered here, write to us. We'll answer.