June 2019 - Island Spirit Island Spirit

Catch up on all our activities, trips and projects over the past year.

Newsletter Spring 2019 Island Spirit

A day in the life with Island Spirit

By Maartje Van Bussel

The Village at the End

June 9^th – 24^th 2019, Taveuni, Fiji

‘Coconut Highway’, that’s what they call the bumpy but beautiful road to Lavena; the village where I will be volunteering for two weeks in a school. This tiny redheaded enthusiastic lady is taking me there. Her…

June 11, 2019

Giving Sight in Fiji, it’s a Real Spectacle!

Giggles, jokes, nudges and eternal thanks are shared as the adults sit around the spectacled table. They each shake my hand on arrival and make their way slowly and thoughtfully to a spare space on the bench.

The women are the ones who start the joking and cheeky banter as…