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| Left to right: sitting - Sara Graham-Reid and Varayame, standing - Sitiveni Rubuka and Varayame's mother |
Update on Varayme - Sarah said that his progress was excellent consdering with his spinal infection resolved and he is funally out of hospital for a break prior to returning for surgery to his feet that will enable him to walk (after a fashion) for the first time. The Sergeant's Session of $242 went to assist Varayame's family with their expenses while in NZ.
Isabella was thanked for arranging the very successful participation by club members in a Habitat for Humanity project that built a house over a weekend.
Solene attended her last meeting prior to returning to France this Sunday. She was quite tearful and said that the "club was like a big family - you guys get on so well and it's hard to leave".
Our Guest Speaker for the meeting was Major General Sitveni Rubuka (former Fiji Prime Minister). He spoke of the sutuation in Fiji, mentioning that his greatest achievement oiver the years was to replace the constitution with on that started "We the people" as opposed to the former that was granted by Queen Elizabeth. He said that todaym the people of Fiji were still trying to find a consitution that best suits them but it may not be possible to find the ideal. In the meantime the situation in Fiji is murky and uncertain.
