When MELBOURNEfc heard about the great work Peter Cole and a couple of his Demon Supporter friends were doing we wanted to share it with our members. Five years ago, Ferntree Gully resident Peter Cole, 24, set up an annual civilian sports mission to Fiji.

Peter says he was amazed at the lack of general sports equipment in many Fijian schools. No footballs, soccer balls, tennis gear... things we almost take for granted.

"It breaks your heart to see vibrant youngsters forced to improvise games with sticks and bottles, because their playgrounds just don't have the equipment" said Peter "So I decided to do something about it".

That's how the project began... after sending out thousands of letters, faxes and emails, sports gear came flooding in. And each year it's getting bigger and better, with several shipments of goods now distributed to under-resourced school communities in Fiji.

Would you like to contribute? Help make a difference for the children of one of our closes Pacific neighbours... contact Peter Cole for full details.

Call him on 0439-997-583. email petercole20@hotmail.com