A COLNE student has spoken of her experience volunteering in a school on a remote Fijian island.

Meysa Beyazbayrak, 20, lived with a family while helping teach English, science and sports to kids of all ages.

The former Burnley college student said the trip was a shock to the system as she lived without internet and electricity for four weeks.

She said: "We were in the middle of nowhere.

"It was a massive culture shock. Sometimes there was no running water and we had to get it from the river.

"I got used to it but during the first week I was not sure if I was going to make it through the project.

"Teaching the children was a great experience. They were so happy and loved learning.

"One night we held a health night which included teaching the village how to clean and cover wounds.

"That night turned into a few of the volunteers and myself cleaning and covering infections of the people in the village."

As well as teaching, the York St John's university student who is in her second year of a criminology degree, learned how to dance a traditional Makae dance, weave baskets, carve coconuts and spear fish.

The trip was organised by the Think Pacific Organisation.