Former Fijians Give Back To Communities

Former Fijian residents, who now reside in Australia, are in the country to give back to the community.

A 21-member group are in the country and led by Rotary Club of Brisbane International District Governor Jitendra Prasad who was born in Labasa.

He said the group included a 10 –member interplast medical team who were at the Labasa Hospital.

“The Interplast team, is a group of doctors providing specialist medi­cal services to Labasa Hospital, funded by my Rotary district,” he said.

“Interplast sends teams of volun­teer plastic and reconstructive sur­geons, anesthetists, nurses and al­lied health professionals to provide life-changing surgery and medical training in 17 countries across the Asia Pacific region.”

Mr Prasad, was inducted as a Ro­tarian in 1987 in Labasa.

“It is truly humbling for a person from a humble little town of Labasa now flying the flag of Fiji in Aus­tralia,” he said.

“It has been an inspiring journey, arriving in Brisbane not knowing more than 10 people in 1992, and today, humbled with the operation of two accounting firms employing 12 workers and a Subway outlet em­ploying 10 staff.”

The team were hosted by the Ro­tary Club of Nadi at the Sentai Sea­food Restaurant in Nadi on Thurs­day night.

Rotary Club of Nadi president Ru­pesh Patel said, it was a good oppor­tunity to meet up with their coun­terparts and to revive their mission for this year.

“This meeting was a fruitful one and it will urge members to revive the club and take on projects to as­sist the community of Nadi once again,” he said.

The Rotary Club of Nadi was es­tablished in 1969.

Edited by Percy Kean

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