The Fiji Connection

We should celebrate Rotary's success here. These homes are the result of a Rotary Rotahome project part financed by Rotary clubs from Geelong including Highton. Barry Bell of Geelong club was the project leader. Our club financed a container load of tools for a similar 70 dwelling village at Lautoka. Barwon Water designed the water supply and drainage system there free of charge. A wonderfully successful Rotary project overseen on the ground and championed by Peter Drysdale a tireless worker on the ground in Fiji.

Top Stories: Village built by Australian for Fiji's poor survives cyclone unscathed

Cheap, sturdy houses designed by an Australian man have survived Fiji's devastating cyclone with barely a scratch and provide a potential blueprint for reconstruction efforts.

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Of the 230 Koroipita houses none sustained significant damage
Peter Drysdale uses roofing screws for sturdier construction
Villagers thank Mr Drysdale for giving them safe houses
The houses could be built in five days for $13,000 each, Mr Drysdale says

In Koroipita, or Peter's Village, on the north-west coast of Fiji's main island Viti Levu, residents are cleaning up after Cyclone Winston.

But it is not a massive effort like those seen in othe...

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