 Shortly after receiving this notice from government, a foreign-owned logging company offered the village exactly $85,000 to log the entire surrounding Falealupo.Lacking a source of revenue, the villages eventually sold the logging rights to the forest, but when Cox learned of the situation and witnessed the logging for himself, he immediately sought an explanation from the village chiefsvillage elders and then requested that they halt the logging so that he could raise money for the school.Despite initial skepticism, Cox convinced the high orator, Fuiono Senio, who then helped persuade the rest of the elders.