Rongdale School

Continuing on around the island, we called in at this little school started by one man, named Max, to teach his 3 daughters. It has grown from there, and now has 4 classrooms, all with just crushed coral floors and corrugated steel walls and roofs.

 Most of these children wouldn't be able to get to a school if not for him.

 Chris, Lynn and Neville chatting with Max.

 Max's plans also include a small restaurant under construction,

 so that visitors can come and stay in these bungalows. Volunteers at the school can stay free, but he hopes to open it up to tourist accommodation eventually.

His family farm and donations are all that keep this little school going, no government funding at all. The parents are subsistence farmers and they pay no fees, but they come and work together on Thursdays on the farm as their contribution to the school.