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Monday, June 20th, 2011

Gap Year Volunteer Achievements: A new bridge for Nasesara village


Moturiki, April 2011, Week 8, Sunday (6)

Our gap year volunteers in Moturiki have also achieved the construction of the new bridge in Nasesara and it’s looks absolutely fantastic!  It took just three weeks to create and finish the entire stucture. The project, which was conceieved by the National Health Promotion Council’s action plans and the community members, will make crossing the creek a much easier and safer task for children heading to school and the villagers accessing their plantations.  Well done TP April 2011 volunteers, another incredible achievement during your ten-week gap year project in Fiji.

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Gap Year Volunteering: Think Pacific Build A Kindergarten School in Fiji


A remarkable Gap Year Volunteer Achievement

Moturiki, April 2011, Week 8, Opening and Funday (4)

Many of our gap volunteers came to Fiji with little knowledge or skills in building. This makes it even more remarkable that what we leave behined in Nasesara village this week is a beautifully completed Kindergarten School for the community.  This monumentous project has been painstakingly put together during eight weeks of hard work by our gap year volunteers, our expedition leaders and the local people of Moturiki Island, Fiji.

Moturiki, April 2011, Week 8, Opening and Funday (10) Nasesara Hall Completed

Every gap year volunteer in our April 2011 team has been instrumental in this building achievement. Sitting back in the sunshine and looking across at the gleeming new building, which will be a lasting legacy for the village children, it’s fair to say, it was a very happy and proud moment for our all. Vinaka to everyone involved and we hope our gap year volunteers head home to put their new found DIY skills to great use many more times in the future!

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Latest gap year project photos from Batiki Island


Our gap year team on Batiki Island have been rotating through the various volunteer projects all week and have really thrown themselves into the local development aims. They have already made full use of the new Think Pacific Kindergarten School in Yavu village, created by our January 2011 team, by leading morning classes each day for the pre-school children. Our first teaching volunteers have been assisting Batiki Primary School and helping the local teachers by supporting lessons, leading small group classess themselves and organising one-to-one English lessons. The sports coaching projects have started with a flourish with football, rugby, netball, rounders and hockey coaching taking place each afternoon for the village children. Our building volunteers and the local community have also made a swift start to the project as we completely renovate the church hall in Mua village. Here are lots of volunteer project photos from the recent activities.

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Yanuca video highlights


Here are some some amazing moments from the past ten weeks in the Fiji Islands from team 8 Think Pacific!…

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

Yanuca team perform their meke’s


Here is a little video footage from the past week in Yanuca village as our gap year volunteers performed traditional meke dances in front of the community and our visitors from the Fijian government. The team put in a great performance and looked absolutley fantastic as they impressed the Fijian crowds!

Monday, January 31st, 2011

Gap year video – A trek through Fiji


Here in the TP HQ, we’ve finally got around to editing all the fabulous video footage from our September 2010 gap year projects!  We’ve already posted a couple of videos on our site of the team completing the building project and leading the kindergarten classes, which you can view on our gap year videos page.  Here is another awesome one for the collection! This follows the gap year team as they climb to the peak of Ruku Ruku on Ovalau Island.  In true wildlife documentary style,  past volunteer Thom Udall, does a fantastic job of tracking the team through the Fijian rainforest. Even David Attenborough would find it hard to beat this performance!