Mission visit was interesting. We saw the mission funded hospital, it was basic but functional. We also the school which, after being destroyed by a cyclone was rebuilt with funds donations from a gold mine now de-commissioned on Misima Island.


Word of mouth accounts told us that the mine was a corrupt and destructive enterprise but this 'good' deed may have deflected the bad press, that is if there was any bad press.  
Father Young (aged 75) is in charge of the mission, but was absent as he's visiting his ill mother in Australia. She is close to 100. 


We talked to a tutor, Simon Paul, who gave us details of two potential projects, lighting the mission school with solar lights (the older students quite often study at night using expensive to run hurrican lamps ) and also an extension building for the school - a much more complex undertaking and not sure if it's in the scope of this trip.