Chief Chilly the RAWCS Project leader in Tonga has put together a PowerPoint presentation of the project. This can be viewed by following the link below and downloading the presentation.
RAWCS 2014 Tonga Slide Presentation
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Friday, 24 October 2014
Saturday, 4 October 2014
Day 12 - relaxing and kicking back
Paul (Robey) and Bill took the opportunity for some relaxing kayaking |
Bill relaxed a little more than Paul who seems to be pulling the boat along (a bit like being President of Rotary) |
Bill finally lets Paul climb aboard |
Oops there seems to be a problem with coordination of the paddles |
Tony took the safer option and got a Kayak all to himself |
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Others went fishing - view from the fishing club before setting off |
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The boat on the right is ours and ready to go |
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Vicki and Grant get comfortable as we head out to the deep sea past the reef |
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Geoff is also relaxed behind Lavinda our driver |
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Paul (Roger) sits back and enjoys the trip. Nuku'alofa can be seen in the distant backgound |
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Our hooks and lures are ready to go. Unfortunately they stayed in this condition throughout the trip |
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A view of the reef. It was like a washing machine. this photo does not do it justice, sometime the waves and spray went a few metres high as the two seas crashed together |
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The two weeks of hard work finally caught up with Grant |
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Other team members went shopping and hit the local markets |
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Market day is Saturday and a busy day it is too. |
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A local bbq stall at the markets |
Phtos Day 11 - the formal handover and presentations.
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The team enjoyed another superb lunch of local food in the lead up to the formalities. How smart do we look in our RAWCS polo shirt and our Tongan sarongs |
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Some of the children preparing for the student presentations. This is the family of the Chairman of the PTA who was such a great help with the project using his carpentry skills. |
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Sue and Paul modelling the formal outfit. |
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The team in all its glory pictured with the school principal (centre) and the deputy principal (second left front row) |
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Chilly receiving a thank you gift from one of the students |
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We all received individual gifts - Grant is shown here gratefully accepting his. |
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'Chief Chilly' giving his reply to the School's thank you. Note - as 'chief' Chilly had some additional items of dress to mark his stature. |
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Only performed by females, the girls of the school present a special series of songs with lovely hand movements |
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During the songs one of the Mum's got Grant up for a dance. |
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At the end of the dance Grant is escorted back to his seat by two Mum's |
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The boys performing their item, which was very moving with excellent chorography |
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This little fellow was only a beginner, but he really got into it. |
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The team look on as the entertainment proceeds |
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The team with a selection of the teachers |
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Chilly with the PTA president and his family |
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The Deputy Principal with the Bendigo Bank balls we presented |
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The Deputy Principal receiving the letters from Students from a Queanbeyan School |
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Happiness with the bubble wands - a big hit. |
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A close up of the girl students performance |
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Please will some take a picture with my camera pleads Sandra |
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OK there you go. |
Friday, 3 October 2014
Day 11 - all done and dusted
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Seems that someone got the measurements wrong. Didn't they Terry |
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A newly refreshed store room |
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view of the corridor with all the nice new classroom doors and security mesh. |
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Close up view of the front classroom windows |
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The refreshed principal's office |
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View of the back of the classroom block showing the new doors and windows |
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view of the new louvres |
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Vicki found a few last minute things to touch up |
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Bill and Paul installing the last louvre. Yeah ! |
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One of the classrooms ready to hand over. Note there is still plenty that can be done to improve the school including furniture. But that will be Phase 3. |
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Another view of a finished classroom |
Day 10 photos final tasks
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Mitch (aka Fiddler on the Roof) fixing a hole in the roof that we discovered when it rained on Wednesday morning |
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Soana's (PTA Chairperson) wife baked us a couple of cakes to enjoy for our morning tea on the last full day of work. Grant was first in having not been satisfied with his pizza. |
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Terry doing some final touching up. |
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Chilly doing some final budget work which later ran past Grant (the accountant) and gained approval of his spread sheet. |
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We needed waist measurements for our Sarongs, Pam quickly volunteered to measure up Grant |
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