ON May 25, 2022, people living with special needs community and the country lost one of its para-athletes.
Francis Farage from North Malaita passed away peacefully at his home at Mamanawata settlement in Honiara.
Manager of the People with Disability Solomon Islands office Casper Joseph Fa’asala when confirming the news said Late Francis Farage, passed away in his room peacefully, with not even his parents realizing it until they went into his room to wake him up for tea when they found him already gone.
He said has been a soft going and charming handsome young man with a smiling face.
Late Francis was a para-athlete – a passionate table tennis player.
Besides Sports, he was educated through the many different educational awareness and training workshops he attended.