XPLORE – Out & About

On our recent holiday in Fiji we were fortunate to have the opportunity to visit Bukama Village not far from where we were staying, Yasawa Island Resort.

The Resort is a good source of income for the village as it leases the land it is built on and many from the village are employed within the resort. 

On our arrival at the village we were greeted by the Chief’s representative and welcomed into the village, which is home to around 400 people.  The Chief was away on the mainland at the time on village business.

The highlight was a concert given by the local school children, it was hard not to be moved by their warm hearts and loud singing! And TomO, our son, presented a box of school books, colouring pens, and other school aids that he had purchased in Australia in anticipation of our village visit.

And TomO was invited back to the village the next day, Friday, to take part in the schools sport afternoon. A game of soccer with the village children. He loved it and said  it was one of the highlights for him on this trip to Fiji. And the village children welcomed him as one of their own…

I took some footage of the children singing, so please enjoy!