Earlier this year the society was given the opportunity to operate out of the Pope Print building on Grey Rd under the premise it would most likely end up being sold.
At the recent Tongan 7s tournament hosted by the society, they were given the news by their landlord that she would no longer be selling the building, as she saw how vital it had become to them.
General manager Sina Latu said they were blessed to have received the news.
"We just want to thank her for her kindness.
"We think of her as an angel sent from heaven to come and rescue us.
"She came during the tournament and told us she’s not going to sell it because she follows our page and loves the work we do and thought it was best to leave it with us."
The Pope Print building became an extension for society, who also operate out of their fale in the Royal Arcade.
"It is a funny time for everyone with funding and everything that is going on, but to give us this news is really encouraging and motivates us to keep doing what we are doing.
"It is a big weight off to know that when we go away and have a holiday it will still be there for us."
Mrs Latu said they had to do a lot of work to the Pope Print building to get it up and running.
"She was watching and said we could use the Pope Print Building out the back for a short time if we wanted.
"We went to check it and it had no power and we didn’t really know if we could use it because it was a lot of work, but it is hard to get a venue for our programmes.
"We had no choice so we cleaned it up, made it liveable, comfortable and then we sorted the power, curtains and did everything we could to clean it up."
After cleaning up the building it now has a downstairs gym, a space for mums and babies, an art room, a relaxation space, and a large games area.
"It’s now an extension of what we have, it’s a real hub."
Being able to keep the space was incredibly important, Mrs Latu said.
"It’s so important, especially for our youth.
"They come and use the gym, play pool, hang out, have something to eat and know it's their space.
"It's good to have that sense of belonging and somewhere for them to go to that is safe.
"Our youth are our future, we're working from a prevention space not to let issues happen and then we try to fix it later.
"This space really helps us to do that with all the programmes that we run."
Despite the fantastic news, they would still now need to find a way to pay for the rent.
"It’s just awesome to have the two buildings but we will have to look at getting some funding to help with the rent, because we were in it for the time being until it was sold.
"We weren’t paying anything.
"For now we are just going to enjoy our time off, enjoy Christmas with our families and then come back and have a think of all the things we can do.
"It a very successful way to end the year for us and we are just so happy and stoked."
