Tonga Region Amplify Creative Arts Camp

by Mele Vaea, Photography by Petulisa Kaivaha

Young people from around the Tonga Region recently came together with leaders from Tonga and Aotearoa New Zealand for the Amplify Creative Arts Camp. It was a wonderful event, with much productivity and times of laughter, fun, worship, fellowship and food, but also challenge as we enhanced our skills and knowledge around subjects offered at camp this year. The wonderful team from Aotearoa New Zealand brought with them goodies and resources, and were the greatest supporters of our Tongan team. As we spent time with these leaders, we gave back to them the experience of how we do things in the Islands. In turn, they built great confidence in the Tonga-based team, as we did tasks and worked alongside each other. There were 50 registered campers, aged 14 to 35 years, with 10 participants from each corps. Each camper was given the opportunity to choose their selected major and minor subjects.

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