Fiji is poor. GDP per capita for 2009 is around USD 1800. Since the coup in 2006 Australia and New Zealand who were major financial aid donors significantly reduced financial aid.
The conditions in a village nearby Matava are basic. To improve conditions Matava runs several projects to assist the village. One of the projects is fund raising for the village school. This is only occasionally arranged, so I was lucky to be in Matava on the fund raising night. Almost entire village came to the resort. We had cava. Ladies were dressed in local costumes with very elaborate headwear. They danced and sang local songs. George gave outstanding performance of imitating animals. Polish divers were singing their national song. We all had a lot of fun.
And most importantly a nice sum for the village school was raised.
http://picasaweb.google.nl/gordie26/VillageSchoolNight?feat=directlink
The conditions in a village nearby Matava are basic. To improve conditions Matava runs several projects to assist the village. One of the projects is fund raising for the village school. This is only occasionally arranged, so I was lucky to be in Matava on the fund raising night. Almost entire village came to the resort. We had cava. Ladies were dressed in local costumes with very elaborate headwear. They danced and sang local songs. George gave outstanding performance of imitating animals. Polish divers were singing their national song. We all had a lot of fun.
And most importantly a nice sum for the village school was raised.
http://picasaweb.google.nl/gordie26/VillageSchoolNight?feat=directlink
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