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Michelle is currently in the Solomon Islands with new volunteers but we are so very sorry to say that we never posted our last volunteers’ account of their experience in Fote. We are so sorry Max and Sarah! We hope you forgive us Amidst all the moving, traveling, getting married (for Rhoda!) and setting up in U.S., your wonderful story…
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Here’s a video from last night’s Pecha Kucha in Columbus where I was a presenter. Apologies for the bad image quality! Here are the actual slides for you to follow along to: Rhoda Lazo Pk 2010 02 11 Images View more presentations from Little and LOUD International Inc. The turnout was great despite the cold and snow outside. The best…
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When approached by my brother, John, with the idea of doing some volunteer work in the Solomon Islands, my first question was, where’s the Solomon Islands? Apart from hearing the name once or twice in my life I didn’t know where it was and knew even less about what goes on there. I soon learnt a bit about the country…
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A tropical holiday to the Solomon Islands turned into something of a vocation for 25-year-old Alexandria resident Michelle Roland. She and her friend Mirjam Verkleij travelled to the small island of Malaita, where they planned to help out for a few days at the Fote village school. “We thought we’d be going to a school of about 60 children, but…
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MIRJAM Verkleij, 25, is a nurse who was the first of the Little and LOUD team to work at Fote Village. Here she tells us how the vision started. Going to the Solomon Islands had already fulfilled my dreams to travel to the unknown but when my friend Michelle (Roldan, Little and LOUD co-founder) sent me an email to tell…
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MICHELLE Roldan is a 25-year-old graphic designer from Sydney who first went to the Solomon Islands for a creative holiday break Here she tells what it was like on her first visit to Fote Village Primary School with Little and LOUD co-founder Mirjam Verkleij: We had no real idea about where the village was, how remote, small or big it…
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RHODA Lazo is 33-year-old online producer who lives in Sydney. Here she tells how going to the Solomons changed her life. When I made the trip to Fote and met the children the experience affected me in ways that I couldn’t imagine. I was humbled by the reality of their immense human spirit. Staying with a local family, sharing their…
