HWP Video posted on YouTube.com

Coconut Kid's Club on Asu

We have recently started our second coconut kid’s club on the island of asu. 20 children between the ages of 3 and 12 attend three days per week. There is no other school on Asu so for these children this is their only form of education. School starts at 10am, but the children start coming from 7 am they are so excited!

Holidays with Purpose - Video

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We are excited that we are already into our third year of the LEAP. 2006 was a busy year, we saw the Fanikha Hinako virgin coconut oil factory opened, the Coconut Kids Club moved into a new building and expanded to include a playgroup, 22 community water pumps installed, three temporary jetties completed and a permanent cement one well on the way, plus another 10 or so fibre-glass canoes built, bringing our total number up to 20! We also continued with our organic gardening, school support and community support programmes.

2007 looks to be even more exciting as we expand in all of those projects, plus add a few more.

Richard Wallace is looking after Holidays with Purpose in Australia and is putting together some exciting trips this year. Sococo Virgin Coconut Oil produced on Hinako, is also about to hit the stores in Australia so look out for it! Contact us for more info on these products and how you can become involved with LEAP!

GREEN REVOLUTION

In unexpected parts of the island tiny vegetables patches are to be seen. Holes in the coral, newly exposed since the earthquake are being filled with compost and used as garden plots, old plastic wash tubs and a whole variety of containers are being turned into planters as the villagers of Hinako discover the joys of composting. We held a composting demonstration a couple of months back and initially did not have much of a response, but as our cucumbers grow bigger…so do the number of people starting to catch on to the new compost craze!