27/06/2014
My name is vitila vuniwaqa.In February 2010,I was diagnosed with stroke.Before the stroke I was a flight attendant with Air Pacific,now Fiji Airway for 16 year...Between my work flight,I was one of the three women on Fiji's surf team.
I consider myself to be a business minded and motivated person,however the stroke changed everything in my life.Now I was forced to slow down.My mind kept strong to recover but physically I was not able.
The original plan was to make a biz with selling the seedling of eggplant,however,on May 27,2013 my aunty Lite and I we're playing around with all the eggplant that had grown from our garden.We had so much eggplant we didn't know what to do with it,so we just started experience with all kind of ways of cook the eggplant.By the end of the day ,we had stumbled on our own recipe for an eggplant jam.Of course,it's unusual to believe eggplant can be as tasty as a sweet treat,but we had so much fun making it.We thought this would be great to share with our friend.(Make a biz out of it).When I shared the jam with my mum,she was just as inspired by the unique taste of the jam.Hence,the original business we had planned with selling eggplant seedling had made an unexpected but delight turn.We would now make jam.
The 6th of July was the first time taking the jam to a flea market.We sold all the jam in less than 2 hours!We were motivated more than ever to make and sell more jam.Within a month of selling in the we created a relationship with the local farmer to buy eggplant in wholesale quantity ,we were well on our way.
The labels and image for our jam making,I not only feel a sense of accomplishment and freedom,but the best medicine for my recovery and healing process.
Thank you to everyone who has and continue to support me in my journey.
