In the northeast of Fiji is Ra[m]bi Island. It is officially spelled without the [m], but you have to pronounce the [m]. It is part of Fiji. 1945 the English bought it to relocate the people of Banaba. Or as it is known in English – Ocean Island – in the Kiribati. The English have exploited Banaba to the extend that normal subsistence living was not possible anymore for the locals. There are about 5000 people on Ra[m]bi. We met the people in Nukuritsi busy with the RC Youth Project of a new piggery. Every night choir song would fill the pitch dark night. In the very big Christina Bay were many colourful canoes fishing.
We sailed to Elizabeth Cove and Albert Cove and returned to Christina Bay where we started. And we ended at the capital, Nuku, where we enjoyed being present at a big choir and dance competition. Ra[m]bi has touched our lives.
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