Cross-cultural community project on a remote Fijian island - Fiji

only  £195.00

Cross-cultural community project on a remote Fijian island

Ref:

GYC 1173149

Countries:

Fiji

Duration:

from 1 week

  

more info:

click here

 

This placement would suit:

Anyone looking for a desert island adventure, a unique insight into Fijian culture, or sustainable technologies and lifestyles will love this project!

 

Cost details:

£195 per person per week.

 

Duration details:

1 week (minimum duration) up to 12 weeks pending availability.

 

Do you accept non UK citizens?

Yes

 

Do you accept applicants with disabilities?

No

 

   

Product Details

What is Tribewanted?

Tribewanted is a unique cross-cultural community tourism project on Vorovoro Island, Fiji and a global online social network.

As well as being an adventure of a lifetime, the aim of Tribewanted is that the evolving island community becomes a model for sustainable living that positively impacts and inspires both locally in northern Fiji and globally online to improving the way we live.

Tribewanted and the local team are developing a cross-cultural community from scratch, fusing traditional Fijian customs and ways of living with international ideas for sustainability and innovation.

How do I get involved?

You can visit Vorovoro and spend anytime from a week or more living alongside up to 30 other tribe members, the Fijian community and taking part in all aspects of the project. Beginning in September 2006 and with the lease being renewed in 2009 at the land-owners request, the project is ongoing. Tribewanted is living alongside the small indigenous Mali community on Vorovoro to build a simple, sustainable village.

Does Tribewanted have any specific goals?

1. Community Building - On Vorovoro this means embracing and celebrating the local Fijian culture and traditions and becoming a unique focal point for responsible tourism in the region. On-line this means giving a social network a purpose - a real-space and project in the South Pacific.
2. Sustainable Living - Build local (in Northern Fiji) and global awareness of our impact on the planet through the realisation that even on a tropical island every action has a consequence well beyond the beach. Use Vorovoro as a ‘test-bed’ for small-scale sustainable projects and education that visiting tribe members and local Fijians can contribute to and be part of. Inspire local community and tribe members to take their Vorovoro experience home with them.
3. Adventurous Experience. - To bring like-minded people together online & in a magical place for an unforgettable journey.

And if I made it all the way to Vorovoro what can I expect to do?

Tribe members can do as much as they like on Vorovoro. The only thing we ask is that you respect the local culture and community, and wash up your plate. Vinaka!

1. Sweat: Participate in the sustainability and cultural projects – plant and tend the island gardens, feed the pigs and chickens, collect firewood and help the local ladies in the kitchen, get a sweat on with the Fiji boys with village construction and maintenance projects, take part in sustainability workshops, join local community projects and events, debate in forums, star and produce in Tribewanted TV, and blog from the beach. Learn how to present ‘sevusevu’ to the chief, and then do it, perfect your meke (traditional dancing), weave mats, learn Fijian songs and take language lessons.
2. Chill: Swing with the Hammock Society and read from the tribe’s library (all books have been donated by past tribe members), shower in the waterfall (during rainy season) or bath in the sea, cuddle in the tree-house, watch spectacular sunsets from the rock or around the beach-side campfires, eat fresh fish, vegetables and fruit, and sleep soundly in the bure’s (thatched Fijian homes) or vale’s (tribe dorms). Drink kava and sing with team Fiji under the stars.
3. Play: Snorkel & spearfish on the world’s third largest barrier reef, teach and play sports weekly in the local primary school, take on the 4-peaks challenge, swim the island, compete in the coconut olympics, paint signs and craft coconut jewelry, play footy in Tanoa Park and volleyball on the beach.

Tribewanted

A unique community tourism project based on Vorovoro Island, Fiji. Tribe members join online before spending upwards of 1 week on Vorovoro living as part of a Fijian and global community. You can do as much as you like from collecting firewood, spearfishing to learning the local dance.