Tribewanted: Vorovoro

It was the 13th August 2009 when the Island was invaded. Not by some alien beings, but by 50 children from Mali District School. It was the day they came to Vorovoro, rather than the tribe visiting the school. Several boats packed with mild mannered and timid faced children, arrived at 9.30 am, sending the tribe into overdrive as we urgently completed our tasks ready to welcome the pint-sized guests.

Ranging in age from toddlers to early teens, they landed on the beech and made their way to the open space behind the Grand Bure. A large blue tarp …