A kindergarten in a remote Fijian school named after Crows forward Eddie Betts has opened.

Betts, along with fellow players Jake Lever and Hugh Greenwood, and coaches Matthew Clarke and Tate Kaesler and their partners and families spent a week in Fiji helping to build the kindergarten and conducting footy clinics in October.

The community trip was organised by Betts and his wife Anna who visited Fiji in 2015 and wanted to return to help when they heard of the widespread destruction that had been caused by Cyclone Winston which struck the South Pacific island in February, 2016.

Betts said he was honoured that the kindergarten carried his name.

"It makes me feel connected to this community and the thought of all the young children who will start their education in this building brings me enormous joy,” he said.

The kindergarten was sponsored by Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort as a community tourism project, with the Adelaide Football Club contingent supported by the Crows Children’s Foundation.

Many Outrigger guests also donated some of their holiday time to work on the project at the Conua Primary School in the Sigatoka Valley. 

"We loved working with Outrigger Fiji on this kindergarten project to benefit the beautiful community of Fiji,” Betts said.

"The Adelaide Football Club players, coaches and families who came to work on the kindergarten have all taken home special memories from working with Outrigger on this project – they all vow to return again next year!”

Kini Sarai, Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort Activities Manager, said the kindergarten, officially opened by the Minister for Education, Doctor Mahendra Reddy, was a dream come true for local villagers.

"The emotion that we saw on the faces of the elders when they saw the completed building is something that will stay with me,” he said.

"For ordinary villagers, raising funds to send their kids to school is already a struggle and raising funds to build a building like the kindergarten would take years.”