Naqarawai is so remote that the medical centre has no power supply. It also has no internet access so our daily reports will be a little delayed. We will be travelling on Wednesday by government medical truck up into the highlands. We will be delivering medical supplies to centres along the way. At Naqarawai we will be working with Max our builder and Greg our electrician to install the solar power on the roof.
Updated: An early start of a beautiful day was accompanied with an uncomfortable but fun truck ride along a very pot-holed track up into the mountains to Naqarawai Nursing Station. Along the way, we stopped at Waivaka and Navunikabi Nursing Stations to drop off medical supplies. We stopped at Namosi High School to drop off some donated school supplies, including laptops and calculators. Then we head up to Naqarawai Nursing Station where we were to set up camp for two days. We attended a Sevu Sevu with the village chief and elders. This meant that we were given entry into their village. We wore Sulus as a sign of respect to the chief and it was a golden experience for all of us (although the males of the group found the sulus a bit “different”!) We ended the day with a feast with the elders, family and villagers.
