Fiji Power 2015 Day 4 : 06-10-2015

By Sarah

“Woof wooof”, the “friendly” Fiji dogs woke us up in the early morning (and several times during the night!). We arose bright eyed and ready to go. Some of us had a “first experience”; the cold shower was absolutely amazing! We had babakau, a Fijian home-made donut for breakfast. The students were told to divide a massive load of medical and school supplies we brought over from Tassie into 5 equal portions to be given to medical centres and schools. The students spent several hours separating and dividing the supplies. Another group went to a hospital in the nearby town to collect the solar panels and batteries needed for the medical centre in Naqarawai (pronounced Nun-gurra-why). Thankfully the solar panels had safely arrived in time. Then the students had a session with Max and Greg (our clever builder and electrician) to learn about how to erect the solar panels. They explained about the functions and components of the solar panels and what things they needed to brought all the way from Tasmania and how to put it all together. 

We had to write reports on what they explained. At that moment, David saved us! Ben was going to the fields to harvest some Cassava (tapioca) for dinner so we went with him. Then we went to the back of the house and made a fire to cook them. Coleby and Jing were so passionate at this, the water came out from their eyes because of the smoke. We had an opportunity to have fresh young coconuts. At dinner, Mere prepared a wonderful meal of noodles, fried rice, tapioca and fish. We finished the day getting ready for our trip up into the hills to the village where we are to put up the solar panels. So much to do, but so exciting!! –