KOROIPITA

KOROIPITA is a housing project sponsored by Rotary, Aussie Aid, Habitat for Humanity to build lo income housing for the homeless (squatters).  They are built by volunteers from Australia, New Zealand, America.......  Joe and Rita are Australian volunteers who have come here for 12 years, every year for three months.  Joe is a retired engineer.  Rita is a retired teacher.  Joe oversees the building of homes and Rita has created a kindergarten for the children of Koripeta.  They go to school knowing Fiji, Hindi and English.  She took the Rotary break room and made a school.   She found teachers.  She found money to pay them....... They also have a computer/library for children to study.  Rita meets every Wednesday with the women of Koroipita to do crafts that they can sell for money and their livelihood.  I want to be like Rita and Joe when I grow up......

 Rita

 Joe.....