They came in wheel chairs and walked back home unaided; supported by crutches and returned without them.

Conventional medicine had given up hope but in Naboro hopes were revived and vitality regained.

For indeed there have been amazing and wonderful miracles manifesting through the hands of Aporosa an inmate of the Minimum Security Prison. “It is God,” says the humble and amiable lad from Macuata who is serving a three-year sentence, “I am merely being the instrument of his power.”

And it is all for free as Mr Takuli does not accept payment for his services, although there has been offer of houses, cars, computers aside from cash. And his client list is a who’s who in government and in business.

His most recent case was Marika Tauva who was injured in Iraq in a road side bomb. His right hand and shoulder were paralysed and could not be moved. His eyesights were also being blurred.

He was evacuated to Kuwait and then to Singapore for medical treatment but it appeared that he had permanently lost the use of his right hand. In Singapore doctors had recommended that and amputation be carried out but Mr Tauva refused preferring to return home to seek traditional medicine and massage.

After two weeks of massage, he started to move his right hand again and his eye sights have somewhat cleared. He can now move his hand and has started driving again. His sights have improved.

“I thank GOD Almighty for his healing power,” Mr Tauva says. “I thank the Commissioner for allowing this treatment to be available to the public.”

The gifts of Abo, as his inmate colleagues affectionately call him, is among the core messages of the YELLOW RIBBON PROJECT. Prisons could be source of good things. Life could also spring from inside prison walls. Given the guidance and proper response by society gifts and talents such as Abo’s could be the basis of giving a second chance.

Notable people who have used the services of Abo include His Excellency the President Ratu Josefa Iloilo and Interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama. Abo visits the Government House to massage the President. The Commissioner of Prisons Brigadier General Ioane Naivalurua has also used the services of Abo

The Naboro inmates have seen all kinds of sickness and diseases being brought to Abo and often on a daily basis cars and pedestrians were lining up in at the check point and the Naboro HQ to be cured. But because of the pressure and interruption to operations, visitors have been controlled to a manageable level.