Fiji Power 2015 Day 6 : 08-10-2015

The team have satellite phoned in a report to say the installation has been a huge success. The solar panels are set up and the vaccination fridge in the medical centre has 100% reliable and renewable power. Woo hoo! The students report that it has created great interest in the village and the locals who rely on these medical services are extremely grateful to all involved. Everyone has learned a great deal about how solar power works and why vaccinations are so important for babies. The work done today is interesting and will make a big difference to the local villagers. The team will complete the full report for this day when they get back to an area with internet service. Read next page for update...

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Today was a very exciting day as we were to install the solar power. We achieved a lot along with the local high school students and villagers and we all learned a lot of wood work skills & electronic skills. We had firsthand experience on electricity and how solar panels work. The Fijian students were good models for us as they had initiative and a hunger to learn about the solar panels. This means that when we leave the village they hopefully will have the ownership to take care of the maintenance of the solar panels. After the success of the installation, we went to explore the village. We crossed the Naqarawai River and was shown around by some village students before ending up at the primary school. We noticed a damaged solar panel at the primary school which needed looking at. Also, we found out there was a paper factory in the nearest village, Wainimakutu. The village people prepared a celebration night for all of us that were involved in this Bookend Trust program.