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Poverty and oppulence are neighbours in the Pacific. . To see Pacific RDU MagaziNE story page 30,31 & 32 Jan 1991. CLICK HERE. This reported the findings of a seven club WCS survey team, lead by D9750 PDG Peter Foley and Rotarian Marc Aussie-Stone. They visted and stayed in the village for one week. They found no toilets, slum houses & a poor water supply. |
WILL YOUR CLUB ASSIST OUR CLUB COMPLETE RI WO3900? The Newtown Rotary Club is encouraging all Rotary Clubs to assist us complete this replicable, sustainable, pilot, Fijian community project. We aim to get it right in this village and repeat the success in other Pacific, poverty stressed, villages.
WE PLAN NEW ABLUTION BLOCKS AND TRADITIONAL BURES. We are removing the villages extreme poverty by improving its water supply, sewerage, and building more new traditional bures . See advert. July, 2001 ,RDU Mag.
MANY CLUBS HAVE JOINED THIS GROUP EFFORT. D9750 Clubs, Bondi Junction, Campbelltown, Randwick, Newtown, with the help and finances of the Public Works Department of Fiji and funds from the Rotary Foundation, and supported by three local Fijian Clubs Sigatoka, Suva North and Suva East, have already completed a new water supply to every village house, repaired a hurricane damaged community ablutions block and built a new traditional bure. More traditional bures, community ablution blocks and kitchen bathrooms are planned. Your club could help complete these beautiful, humanitarian, projects
TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD VIABLE VILLAGE BUSINESSES. Next with the assistance of overseas Rotary Clubs we will generate jobs and income by assisting the village develop sustainable agriculture, fishery, crafts and other eco-sensitive businsses.
THE USA TRUCKEE CLUB HAS STARTED THE FIRST BUSINESS. The USA Truckee Rotary Club working with the Womens Committee of Vatukarasa Village, and with additional funds provided by Rotarian Marc Aussie-Stone, have started work on the first village macro, sustainable business. A Womens' ECO-Lodge, Community Hall project. A Business Planning team of Rotarians, Rotaractors and other professionals will go to the village on July 28th, 2001, and in the following two weeks complete the Women's ECO-Lodge business plan.
WE ARE BREAKING NEW GROUND FOR ROTARY. Rotary doesn't fund ongoing maintenance of its WCS projects in developing countries and as a result, after the Rotarians have gone home, many WCS projects fail. So by assisting villagers develop sustainable, viable, village, businesses we are breaking new ground for Rotary.
PROJECT SPEAKER FOR YOUR CLUB. Rotarian Marc Ausdsie-Stone, from the Newtown Club, is available to give a talk at your Club on this Fiji project. If you are interested, or have any questions, please phone 0428 600 120 or preferably EMAIL fijimodelproject@netscape.net.
VATUKARASA VILLAGE, CORAL COAST , FIJI.
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| Vatukarasa Village, 12 kms towards Suva from Sigatoka. A Community of 57 households with a population of around 350. This is the last Coral Coast village to retain its traditional Bures. |
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