To learn more about us, please follow these links for more detailed information about our plans and our future:
Our StartSomeGood Venture Page
Our Facebook Page
Our Website
Our Goal: To raise the initial funds needed to re-open Vorovoro Island, Fiji, as an eco-tourism village community experience in April 2013.
This intiative will serve as a platform for connecting the Vorovoro community with business education and mentorship opportunities, enabling them to utilize the tourism industry in positive ways as local business owners.
Invest in Tourism that Empowers
Bridge the Gap Villages will enable the native Fijian community of Vorovoro Island to harness the power of their international tourism potential in sustainable ways by:
1) Partnering to establish a small-scale, community-based eco-tourism destination that the community will gradually learn to own and operate for themselves.
2) Connecting the Vorovoro community with culturally relevant business education and mentorship opportunities that will support future business development endeavors in their community and beyond.
3) Using a dynamic business model that incorporates the employment experience with cultural & vocational apprenticeship, business education, and mentorship, we will help empower the local community to pursue and achieve their goals of generating sustainable
income through small business ownership.
Read more about the details of our plans
HERE.
View photos of our rewards
HERE.
The Vorovoro Community
In the rural paradise of Vorovoro Island, Fiji, few job opportunities exist. Villages depend on a subsistence-base lifestyle supplemented by occasional income from fishing and farming. Poverty is high, and local marine eco-systems are suffering significant
damange caused by over-fishing.
The community of Vorovoro want to strengthen their economic situation, but they don't want to compromise the integrity of their culture, land, or way of life to do it.
The Vorovoro Experience
The visitor’s experience of Vorovoro could be called many things – voluntourism, beach holiday, cultural immersion, adventure travel, nature travel – and they would all be correct. Ultimately, your time on Vorovoro is whatever you decide you want it to be!
Fijian culture is rooted in community and hospitality, and visitors to Vorovoro can expect to be welcomed like family. The native people of the Vorovoro community are genuine and gracious, and effortlessly extend their hospitality to create what has been called
a perfect visitor's experience. Many people have describe feeling as if they have “come home”.
Life on the island is simple yet fulfilling, a rare opportunity to experience what it’s like to slow down, unplug, and connect. For many of us, it’s our first opportunity to experience first-hand sustainable living practices. Fijian culture is known for its
playful and joyful approach to life, and laughter is often the background music to which we live, work, and play.
So what will you do with your time on Vorovoro?
There are endless possibilities on Vorovoro, and most visitors enjoy a comfortable mix of island recreation, cultural immersion, and contributing to our collective impact through participating in local community initiatives.
The Vorovoro experience has the potential to create lasting and positive change for travelers who join our global community; it’s meaningful and responsible travel like you’ve never experienced before. Please click
HERE to learn more.