Sisters, Noa and Fatima are both TLFF scholarship students, with Noa studying business and Fatima starting her science papers, with a view to heading into medicine.
A daily commute into Apia, to the National University of Samoa, and home takes at least 2 hours.
To save their precious studying time, Noa and Fatima stay with other family members who live closer to the University, during the week, only coming home for weekends.
This is no tthe only challenge these students face.
Noa and Fatima share a laptop.
A second-hand laptop donated to TLFF by Pacific Channel
Many courses do not provide the resources as we know them in New Zealand, and textbooks can be hard to come by.
Noa and Fatima count themselves very lucky!