These past few days have been hard. The village I visited in Fiji, Soso; which I blogged about in my previous post, was completely destroyed in Cyclone Winston. When I heard about the destruction of the village I had come to love, I was speechless. I saw many of these people, literally days before they died. It\u2019s so sad and scary to think these people who had so little, could loose what little they had.<\/p>\n
My friends who I traveled to Fiji with were equally devastated about the destruction of Soso, so we decided to try to do something about it. We\u2019re having a planning meeting today, and hoping to organize a fundraiser to help rebuild Soso. I think taking something so negative and turning it into a positive is the best thing we could do in this situation. Once I leave New Zealand at the end of the semester, I would love to go back to Fiji and help them to rebuild.<\/p>\n
On a more positive note, I am really enjoying my classes here in New Zealand. I am currently taking a Maori performing arts class, a gender and society class, and an epidemiology class, all of which I am really enjoying.<\/p>\n