Habele Donates Dictionaries to Pohnpei Students

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Habele Donates Dictionaries to Pohnpei Students

(Tuesday, January 21, 2014) - A South Carolina based nonprofit has sent a thousand English language dictionaries to the picturesque Island of Pohnpei. Its one of four states in the Central Pacific Ocean that make up the string of islands called the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The dictionaries include an abbreviated atlas, something local island students can use to learn more about distant North American geography.

This unique donation is enough to provide every eighth...

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Are Elderly Micronesian Women Being Targeted by Thieves?

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Are Elderly Micronesian Women Being Targeted by Thieves?

Honolulu, Hawaii (Dec. 25, 2013) - An elderly Micronesian woman had her purse stolen while she was receiving communion during Christmas Mass. This and other attacks to the elderly have widely gone unreported.

She blames herself for the event, "It's my fault" she stated, she left her purse on the pew as she went to receive communion.....

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Diabetes in Micronesia

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Diabetes in Micronesia

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) produced a list in 2012 of the top countries with the largest percentage of diabetics. Standing at the top of the list, with 37.2% prevalence is the FSM, followed by Nauru at 30.1%, the RMI at 27.1%, and Kiribati at 25.5%.

A closer look shows that the FSM has around 35,000 people with diabetes. One out of three FSM citizens is likely diabetic.

 

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RMI School Supply Drive Month

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The Marshallese Education Day Committe and Marshall Islands Consulate - Honolulu are sponsoring a school supply drive ending on September 13, 2013.

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They are seeking new or gently used donations of the following:

  • Notebooks
  • Lines/copy/construction paper
  • Reading/coloring books
  • Index cards
  • Pencils/colored pencils
  • Pencil sharepeners
  • Erasers
  • Pencil Cases
  • Colored Markers
  • Crayons
  • Rulers
  • Glue/glue stick
  • Tape
  • Scissors
  • Arts/Craft Supplies
  • Sanitizing wipes
  • Hand sanitizers
  • Water bottles
  • Backpacks
  • First aid kits
  • ETC

The drop off site is located at the Marshall Islands Consulate, 1888 Lusitana St. #301, Honolulu, HI 96813.

Contact Tamera Heine for more information at:

tameraheine@gmail.com

808-545-7767

"Your Move"

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The "Your Move" initiative is a youth project that looks to collect positive contents "by Micronesians and for Micronesians".

Excerpt:

"We will be collecting and documenting POSITIVE content by Micronesians  and for Micronesians. Not dense articles, not pieces on difficulties and  challenges, but music, art, food, recipes, movies, sports, fashion,  fishing, travel, photos, dance, businesses, etc. that features,  includes, or is about Micronesia."

Examples:

1. Recordings from sporting events (pictures, videos etc.).

2. Recordings of community events (church gatherings, birthday parties etc.).

3. Recipes & photos of favorite foods.

4. Artworks (music, dance, artpieces etc.).

5. Micronesian business owners (Good opportunity to advertise your business).

Please contact: yourmovemicronesia@gmail.com

Students Across Micronesia Awarded Habele K12 Scholarships

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Students working at Yap Catholic High School. YCHS is one of eight schools across Yap, Chuuk and Pohnpei where Habele supports students through it's tuition scholarship program.

US-based charity Habele has announced issuance of its annual tuition K12  scholarships to students across the Federated States of Micronesia  (FSM) this week. The scholarships are awarded to low-income and  high-performing students to attend the K-12 school of their family’s  choosing.

The scholarships cover

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"We Hold These Truths..."

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"The Japanese American Citizens League is a national organization whose  ongoingJACL Honolulu (click image for website link) mission is to secure and maintain the civil rights of Japanese  Americans and all others who are victimized by injustice and bigotry.   The leaders and members of the JACL also work to promote cultural,  educational and social values and preserve the heritage and legacy of  the Japanese American community."

This short film documents Hawaii's latest group of migrants who

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Massive Sailing Canoe Takes Shape on Lamotrek

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Adzes are used to slowly remove wood forming the hull

Men on the remote Pacific Atoll of Lamotrek are hard at work, carving  and shaping a massive sailing canoe. In addition to preserving their  native traditions, they may be carving their way into the record books  as they work under a tarp by the open-air mens' house on the beach.

Voyaging canoes in the Caroline Islands (modern day "Micronesia") are  made from hollowed-out tree trunks for the keel. Planks are then fitted  and tied in with rope made from coconut fibers to complete the sides.  These graceful crafts appear symmetrical. Both sternposts and stems  protrude up from the keel in forks that shoot up

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“Waa'gey Planning & Partnership Tour a Success”

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Waa'gey's Larry Raigetal and Curtis Loftis Treasurer of South CarolinaLarry Raigetal of the Community Based Organization “Waa’gey” has  returned to Yap, Micronesia following a planning and partnership tour in  the United States.

Raigetal met with a range of public sector officials and private  citizens across several states, the District of Columbia and the  Territory of Guam. “It was great to talk with policy leaders,  philanthropists, cultural aficionados and others. I was surprised by
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Memorial Scholarship Renewed by Midwestern Family

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Orpha Hapdei: Habele Scholarship Winner

A Midwestern family has renewed their support for a Micronesian girl  attending a small private school thousands of miles away in the State of  Yap.

Orpha Hapdei is a seventh grade student at Saint Mary's School in  Colonia. Her family is from the Atoll of Ulithi, a remote outer island  of Yap, Micronesia.

Orpha began attending St. Mary’s in 2011, through the Leona Peterson  (1926-2011) Memorial K-12 Scholarship. The scholarship pays for

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