RFMF Engineers help out with community projects on Rotuma

The construction of a bakery at Hapmak Village, a piggery at Lapta and laid blocks for a building at Lau Village: Project leader

Members of a 50-strong team from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Engineers Corp constructing the Rotuma Hospital are helping out in community projects on the island.

Project leader Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Penaia Balawa said they were helping in the construction of a bakery at Hapmak Village, a piggery at Lapta and laid blocks for a

The hospital will be completed in October 2018. WO1 Balawa said 30 engineers would spend Christmas and New Year with their families while 20 would remain in Rotuma to look after their project.

building at Lau Village. “There is a construction company from Suva building a house at Lau Village and we’re helping them in block laying,” he said. WO1 Balawa said working on community projects was the new way forward for RFMF Engineers.

They have embarked on these community projects after their work at the Rotuma Hospital. The hospital will be completed in October 2018. WO1 Balawa said 30 engineers would spend Christmas and New Year with their families while 20 would remain in Rotuma to look after their project. He said they were looking forward to the RFMF Commander Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto’s visit to them next week.

Rear Admiral Naupoto will arrive on the `Spirit of Love’ and returns on the same boat with the 30 Engineers.