Category Archives: Tribewanted

Smartphone photography takes off [video]

Chase Jarvis was clearly ahead of the curve when it comes to championing the merits of smartphone photography. He believes, “the best camera is the one that’s with you”.  

Tribewanted John Obey is open for business [video]

The second Tribewanted project in John Obey, Sierra Leone is officially open for business. This latest report from the community (and other related videos) demonstrate how Tribewanted is once again pushing the boundaries of tourism in a very positive way.

Who’d live on an island like this?

Back in Fiji. Back on Vorovoro. Back to a routine I know so well. But who makes up this little island community these days and what have they been up to whilst the rest of the world has been watching football, tennis & oil spills?

From Vorovoro to John Obey. How did that happen?

It was September 1st 2006. We’d just welcomed the ‘first footers’ onto Vorovoro’s golden sands and Tui Mali had accepted our offer of the tabua (whales tooth) as our social contract with his community. We had begun.

The Project: Building a new kind of community in Sierra Leone

In October 2010, a new group of visitors will arrive on Sierra Leone’s John Obey Beach, 20 miles south of the capital, Freetown, and begin to build a new life alongside the local fishing community.

Plans change & Vorovoro gets a solar-powered desalinator

A lack of appropriate materials in Labasa, Fiji to make a solar powered ice machine means that the Kings College team are forced to improvise and come up with a new plan.

Solar-powered ice maker heads for Vorovoro, Fiji

In less than a week we will be arriving on Vorovoro to build a solar-powered refrigeration system. The idea is not new, but this will be the first time the design will be used in a tropical climate.