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SavuSavu

Jack and his wife Sana are farmers in Fiji. He told us his story: "Last year, I made 5 tons of copra which earned us less than US$750. This year the copra price rose, so we might have earned about $1,250 from copra. However, I actually earned over $3,350 from my sales of DME oil. I was also able to sell the residual presscake as stock feed. My extended family worked with me and shared in this increased income."

Lambasa

August 2004 Kokonut Pacific conducted a DME installation and training course at the Northern Christian Training Centre on the same island. This DME unit is giving a livelihood to the unemployed and incomes to students and was supported by TEAR Australia. Jack came along and was a great help in teaching others from his extensive experience. He is keen to upgrade his equipment to the standards required for organic certification.

Moala

After much planning, a new site in western Fiji is now bringing hope and smiles to the villagers. As with the Solomons, the people were very rich in coconut trees but had no way to access their own oil. Now they have the mechanism - a DME press which is empowering and benefiting the people who operate it as well as their whole village community. The picture on the left shows the red team at work while on the right Kanta, one of our trained project installers, presses oil.

After much work and planning this enterprising Fijian Businessman has launched the first of a series of planned sites in the eastern Fijian Islands.  This man has the potential to run a business fairly and honestly and has a deep concern for looking after the welfare of the land and the people . He has also had much experience in corporate business .