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New athletic jerseys in school colors of Yap Catholic and the SDA School (Columbia, South Carolina) US-based charity Habele has sent a collection of custom designed sports uniforms to Yap Catholic High School and SDA School, the two private high schools on the Micronesian island of Yap. The uniforms, the first.....
Read MoreThe Marshallese Education Day Committe and Marshall Islands Consulate - Honolulu are sponsoring a school supply drive ending on September 13, 2013.
They are seeking new or gently used donations of the following:
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:
808-545-7767
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 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
Non-profit organizations Habele and Waa’gey conducted a workshop for parents interested in obtaining tuition scholarships for their children in the 2013-2014 school year. The workshop was held in the afternoon at the community center in Colonia in Yap, Micronesia. Interested parents arrived throughout the day,
"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
(Yap, Micronesia) Over 100 students, teachers, and parents convened in Colonia at the Yap Community Center in late May to support student robotic teams from Yap Catholic High School and the Yap SDA School. The inter school robotics league –and its end
(Weno, Chuuk) Students attending Chuuk High School have sent their thanks to Habele for donating English language dictionaries. The US-based charity provided the texts when approached by Vice Principal Jason Reiong.By: Henry K.O. Norman
Chinese Exhibition & Travel Group (ETG) promises all the following, if they are only granted use of Yap land for 99 years: To convert the island of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, to a “mega-gambling-resort,” in phase one including:
This Saturday, May 11th, Marshallese students, parents, teachers and service providers in Honolulu are invited to attend the 6th annual Marshallese Education Day at the New Hope Leeward Church in Waipahu. The yearly event, which began in 2008, recognizes Marshallese honor students, encourages parents to
Educators at the two independent High Schools on Yap haveannounced plans for a public exhibition and competition, featuring teams from their student robotics clubs.
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
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.
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
James Hapdei holds a model canoe in Yap, Micronesia. The model was a gift from his father to Francis Wilson, Chief Pharmacist’s Mate, who helped treat a Yaws epidemic during World War Two
by: Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
MAJURO, Republic of the Marshall Islands –
As the sun rose on May 5th a group of youth took a photo on the reef behind CMI holding cardboard cutout dots with various messages about carbon emissions, CO2, rising sea levels
the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), states that “a citizen of the FSM who is recognized as a citizen of another nation shall, within three years of his eighteenth birthday, or within three years of the effective date of the Constitution, which is later, register his intent to remain a citizen of the FSM with the President or his designee in the manner and form prescribed by law or regulationFor decades, Pacific Island students who enrolled in the University of Hawaii (UH) qualified for resident tuition so long as they met certain criteria. On June 15, 2006, the UH policies changed. Pacific Island students continued to be exempted from non-resident tuition; however, the policy was revised to include an increase in tuition rate. Now, students from the Pacific region may no longer be charged with the resident tuition. The UH created a separate rate specifically for this group. In addition to the resident and non-resident tuition,
Read MoreA strain of Dengue fever, absent from parts of the Pacific for decades has been found in the FSM.
As defined above, dengue is usually spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The finding coincides with FSM's rainy season, as well as the holiday season, when many locals travel to and from the islands. This makes the possibility of a spread, likely.
1. Radio New Zealand International.
2. Medical Dictionary Online.
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