SOLO MERCY FLIGHT TO VANUABALAVU: Suva businesswoman Eceli Rosa charters sea plane, loads up with supplies and family, and lands in Vanuabalavu; damage worst then seen in New Zealand aerial photos!

24/2/2016

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"We were the first aircraft on the island. I was worried because there was no way to contact Vanuabalavu. The people there have nothing, the houses are gone. The pictures taken on the (NZAir Force) plane is nothing compared to what we saw...It is very sad to see the devastation up close. I'm glad to report everyone is alive but most are without homes."

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Vili

24/2/2016 02:18:41 pm

Good work. Its good to see private citizens with plenty of dosh, rocking up and doing their on thing to support a worthy cause. We cant expect Government to do everything. This is a great story.

To the Rosa family, vinaka vakalevu. God Bless

Eceli link

25/2/2016 03:51:37 am

Thank you. We are very humbled. The amazing strength of forces of nature is tremendous.

pita

24/2/2016 05:28:25 pm

Vili, Eceli Rosa nee Koroi is just a small struggling business owner and is not rolling in diosh as u suggest. She would have had to sacrifice her savings or future earnings to pay for her plane charter that I estimate to be jn the vicinity of $15,000 - $20,000of I don't see the billionaire owners of the supermarket and product manufacturers from whom she made her purchases from chipping in and chartering sea planes to drop off much needed supplies in hard hit areas. The mega rich in Fiji do bot have to be asked. They are good at taking but bot giving.
And by the way, where is that narcissist Khaiyum? Whereas he is contaminating the airwaves and news print with his images in normal times he has been uncharacteristically missing at this time. Where us he? Perhaps he is away in a secret mission negotiating for more arms shipment from Russia or China or negotiating an aid package from Iran? As finance minister, he shud be the one announcing tax concessions for business people like Eceli Rosa who donate to the response effort and he shud be the one coordinating meetings with donors to attract their quick response.

Vili

25/2/2016 06:47:43 am

Thanks for the clarification. No offence was meant. Its great story anyway about an individual making sacrifices for her kinsfolk.

As for ASK and all the other big business kahunas. I don't know the answers to your questions.

I am still waiting for Mahen Chauhdry to announce the release of the $2 million he received from India for cyclone victims. I wont hold my breath on that one though.

Chiku

24/2/2016 09:01:01 pm

Where there is the will, there is a way. Eceli Rosa and her family have demonstrated that. A society can never be destroyed so long as there are CITIZENS with that COMMITMENT to COMMUNITY.

Rustam

25/2/2016 07:26:58 am

A praiseworthy citizen initiative! A big Vinaka Vaka Levu to the Rosa family – for your well done and touching gesture. You have shown others (and us) the way to ‘directly’ assist the victims. Good news Indeed.

The Karma is in the doing.

Rajend Naidu

25/2/2016 06:52:03 am

Editor,
Giving Meaningful Aid
What the Eceli Rosa family flew over to the villagers in distress in Vanuabalavu was meaningful and appropriate assistance.
Not everyone is recipient of such assistance.
We read in The Christian Post 24/10/2014 that Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai told President Barack Obama in private meeting to send books, not guns to other countries ( ' Malala Yousafzai Asks Obama to Send Books, Not Guns and Weapons to other countries').
I don't know whether any heed has been paid to her message.
It is unlikely when we read that ' Global Arms Trade Inceased 14% in Past Five Years' with the US still the top arms dealer.(BBC 24/02).
And, ' Russia gives a gift of 10,000 automatic rifles to Afghanistan' ( Reuters 24/02).
Is that the most pressing need for the people of Afghanistan?
Sincerely,
Rajend Naidu

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SOLO MERCY FLIGHT TO VANUABALAVU: Suva businesswoman Eceli Rosa charters sea plane, loads up with supplies and family, and lands in Vanuabalavu; damage worst then seen in New Zealand aerial photos!

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