John Mitchell
Dr Eka Buadromo.
Picture: EKA BUADROMO
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Stories about humble beginnings always possess the magical ability to inspire.
This one begins in 1975, when a nervous young girl and her pair of dainty feet etched prints of sparkling crystals on Naroi’s sandy shorelines.
It was Eka’s first walk to boarding school and the dawn of a journey fraught with distinct struggles that in the end reaped rewards.
As you might imagine, life on an island high school, far flung from the capital in the ‘70s, was always going to be tough.
Facilities were rustic, there were backbreaking farm chores to brave and boarding life meant missing the comforts of home and the warmth of parental affection.