Tribewanted: Vorovoro

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.

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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!