Visit Vorovoro: 2010 - 2012
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Led by Tui Mali and his community Vorovoro Island in northern Fiji has been welcomed over 1100 tribe members from around the world since September 2006
What have you achieved so far?
- Collectively invested approaching $2,000,000 into the local economy in Northern Fiji.
- Generated 20 full-time jobs and fundraising for four villages
- Supported the development of the local school and communities
- Built an island village!
- Raised awareness about and made changes towards more sustainable living
- Won posh digital media awards, recorded an album, been on the telly and in magazines
- Made friends, connections and memories for life
You can book your stay on Vorovoro any time up until August 2012.
- Island time be purchased for £220/ $700fj per week. You will be able to stay for up to 12 weeks at any one time.
Any questions on current and future memberships please say Bula Sia to us fiji@tribewanted.com
Here’s to another three years in paradise…. vina’a va’alevu to all of you for making the dream real. Long may it continue.
A recent visiting tribe member, Claire from France, sums up what we are trying to achieve well:
“This is not Fijian hospitality purely for tourist dollars. It is travellers and locals learning from each other and building something good together. It’s the first time during my travels that the nagging guilty feeling associated with being a marauding tourist left me alone. I knew I was involved in something genuinely constructive and positive.
It offers the opportunity to get involved with the local community in meaningful ways. I spent many happy hours listening to Pupu (Grandpa), the wonderful island elder ‘yarning’ about how he has cured the sick using local plants and herbs. I’ve been in the middle of a discussion about the best way to secure roofing thatch, helped rebuild a bure (traditional fijian cottage) roof, learnt Fijian songs, heard copious fishing stories on the grog mat and learnt about the superstitions, dreams and visions of the ancestors. These have all given me a truly authentic glimpse into Fijian life that resort stays and tours simply don’t manage."
Talo na yaqona!






Comments
Great news for all.
Very well done.
Here’s to the next 3 years of paradise.
Cheers
Great Ben but does the three years mean that we were not granted 10 years as you had mentioned previously? Or is the three years a way of keeping tabs on what happens?
I’m delighted that online membership continues – many thanks for incorporating that and also for the extra two nights on VV (not sure that I’ll be able to make use of them but a brilliant addition).
Facebook seems to be hosting most of the tribies – and few people really seem to access this site – is this being mulled over as the next phase opens?
Congratulations Ben – all your hard work has paid off :o) I look forward to my next visit – who knows when but it WILL happen!
I’m SO excited…glad to know the island will still the same for another trip sometime soon…. :)
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