HANNAH SINCLAIR'S BLOG
Fred Hollows Foundation in Labasa
Every hour, someone in the Pacific goes blind. Just $25 can give them back their sight.
Kia ora tribies,
I just wanted to draw your attention to the Fred Hollows Foundation – which does amazing work through the Pacific Institute – training Pacific people to be eye doctors and preventing/correcting blindness.
The Foundation recently visited Labasa for four days, with nine doctors and nurses from Suva + four nurses from Labasa.
Dr Shereen Ayub says
“Every day, the clinic was so crowded that we could hardly make our way through. People did not leave the waiting room even to …
Take action on human rights issues in Fiji
Tags: Tribe / Fijian / Sustain / Fiji / Global
Bula tribe
The Fijian Constitution has been abolished, the judiciary dismissed, the media censored and the activists arrested or silenced.
This is the state of human rights in Fiji.
As Fiji has been in the news a bit recently I thought I would share the Amnesty New …
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San Franciscans needed! Can you put me up?
Tags: Tribe / Global
Bula tribe!
I need somewhere to stay in San Francisco from 8 – 16 August and I thought, what better place to ask but the Tribewanted website?
The purpose of my visit is to take part in a yoga teacher training course that isn’t offered here in New …
Read More >>>Brits! Get your shoes on!
Tags: Tribe / Pictures / Global
Sometimes you get the chance to achieve something really great. Trailwalker is one of those chances. It’s a 100km trek for teams of four to complete in under 30 hours. It’s a challenge but with training, almost anyone can do it.
*100 kms in 30 hours? Raising money for …
Read More >>>Should, could, would you go back?
Tags: Tribe
Bula fellow Tribe members! I’m planning my holidays for next year, and apart from the fact that the NZ dollar only buys 35p at the moment, making Vorovoro financially inaccessible to me, I have a philosophical question…
Can you go back to Vorovoro and have an excellent experience, or …
Read More >>>My answer to some questions from a Kiwi
Tags: Tribe / Pictures / Fijian / Fiji / Local / Global
Bula sia tribe. I received a request for info from a fellow Kiwi tribe member and my response was so long I thought I’d make it into a blog. I’m not sure if that’s actually logical – but hope it’s helpful to someone out there! Moce, Hannah.
Hi there!
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"There's a lot of love on this island"
Tags: Tribe / Fiji
(quote from Jim Kerridge – island gapper extraordinaire)
I’ve just bushwacked my way through the four peaks challenge for the first time – by myself! YEAH! I have a sense of achievement and am feeling on top of the world. Or on top of Vorovoro, which is also pretty …
Read More >>>Excited about Mother's Day on Vorovoro!
Ni sa bula sia!
I’m not a mother and neither are many of the women here on Vorovoro at the moment, but we are all excited about the super secret events the men are planning for tomorrow: Mother’s day in Fiji.
The veil of secrecy is secure and …
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