Deep in the Rewa Delta on Fiji’s largest island, Viti Levu, the river gradually clawed away at the banks, finding its way into the villages, destroying food gardens and threatening local homes.
For the villagers of Nalase, the situation had become dire. Water lapped at the floorboards of the community hall and seeped into houses at high tide.
Even the cement walls erected along the riverbanks failed to hold, sliding into the mud and disappearing under water.
Sitella Rasiga—pursuing a Diploma at the Pacific Theological . . .
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