Zoe & David, ‘Vlog’ Their Summer with Exeter Students to Fiji University 2017

Zoe’s Awesome ‘Build Me Up Buttercup’ Team Video

Zoe Basset-Bollom, Psychology Student, Exeter University, 2nd Year

“I’m feeling the Fiji homesickness big time – take me back!”

Check Out David’s ‘Vlog’ of His Summer Volunteering in the Nadroga Highlands

David Reichelt, Physics & Astrophysics Student, Exeter University, 1st Year 

“My month volunteering in Fiji with Think Pacific was like nothing I’d ever done before. I arrived not really knowing what to expect, and not really knowing the people I’d be spending the next month with.

The following weeks were just incredible! Teaching Maths and English at first seemed like a real challenge but it soon became apparent the real impact we could make. In the afternoons we would teach sport the kids loved!
Saturdays were a chance to explore. We visited huge caves, waterfalls and sand dunes. Meanwhile Sundays were all about family and church – a great chance to bond with the community.

The most difficult part of my time in Fiji was saying goodbye to my Fijian family. I never thought I’d be in tears but there was not a single dry eye in the truck as we pulled away.

To anybody reading this who wants to escape their comfort zone and spend their summer making real change, I’d just say GO!”

On behalf of the Think Pacific team, the Fijian Government and our local partners in Fiji…

We would like to say a huge Vinaka Vaka Levu to the Exeter University students who volunteered with this summer.

For more information about Think Pacific student volunteer projects, please visit www.thinkpacific.com