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Tribewanted John Obey is open for business [video]

Written on December 13, 2010

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?

Written on July 10, 2010

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?

Written on May 12, 2010

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

Written on May 11, 2010

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.