BY DOUGLAS VAHIA
An SDA group from West Rennell District turned out July 13 to clean up the Tigoa Meteorology Headquarters in Rennell and Bellona Province.
The group spent the past two weeks volunteering around the Tigoa station. The initiative follows a decision by the group’s committee to provide community cleaning services in the area.
Speaking to the Island Sun yesterday, SDA Western group leader Rodney Tuiaki said the effort was an expression of Christian faith.
He said the group wanted to demonstrate biblical teaching in action by engaging youths and families in providing essential community services, working “with faith and heart as Christians”.
The group has also cleaned the police station and the mini hospital in addition to the Meteorology office, Tuiaki said, describing the work as a reflection of Christian life and mutual support in faith.
Tigoa Meteorology Substation Officer Lewis Hopa thanked the SDA Western Rennell District on behalf of the Meteorology Office for its community service.
He said he appreciates the group’s tireless teamwork, noting that despite difficult circumstances, members had cooperated fully and lent a helping hand.
The group’s clean-up drive has covered several sites around Tigoa station, the police station on Sunday, and the mini hospital and Meteorology office yesterday. Their community service program is ongoing, with the next work site yet to be decided.
Hopa also noted that although no ships have arrived from Honiara for months following a recent ship fire, the community continues to rely on local food. He said the SDA Western group’s efforts show that working together and helping one another is the way forward for the community.
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