The Habele Outer Island Education Fund has mailed a small box of school supplies and donated goods to Asor, Ulithi this week. This is the fifth such shipment made to the Outer Islands in 2006 by the Fund. Supplies are being gathered for a mailing to Eauripik early...

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Just a quick update: The Fund is working on revisions to our website, which can be found at www.habele.org. Please ...

Christmas air-drop of supplies and gifts to Outer Islands. A kick-off ceremony will take place tomorrow on Guam, and ...

Volunteers and board members working on Habele’s annual report released a preliminary glimpse at the Fund’s spending ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 7, 2006The South Carolina Democratic Party today donated t-shirts and tote bags to ...

The Habele Outer Island Education Fund just received an elaborate hand woven lava lava from the students and staff of ...

A few interesting links...Market Magic: Nonprofits could access needed capital by turning donors into investors. Part ...

Donors Call For Reforms To Boost Micronesia ResultsPacific Magazine, November 10, 2006.Some key points: Donors this ...

The Habele Outer Island Education Fund has received first quarter report cards for the two Yap Outer Island scholars ...

In an article highly critical of US policy towards the Pacific, Andre Vltchek argues that the island nations of ...

This is a short clip of children in a joint Kindergarten - First Grade class on the Island of Asor, Atoll of Ulithi ...

Habele is proud to pass on the news that members of the community on Falalop, Ulithi have come together and raised the ...

Regular visitors to the Habele blog (as well as those who are subscribed to our widely read rss feed) know that we ...

The Habele Outer Island Education Fund is piecing together a winter care package for our two Ulithian scholarship ...

This week’s Economist reports on a study by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which ...

As heads of state took their turn speaking to the General Assembly, the Federated States of Micronesia used its time ...

A special note of thanks to the Nunn family whose long-term commitment to education and personal empowerment continues ...

Sirow. It is with the greatest of reverence and humility that Habele extends our sympathies to the family and friends ...

It’s official! On September 19th, 2006 the Habele Outer Island Education Fund received notification from the IRS that ...

Habele is proud to announce that two full-tuition scholarships have been awarded to Outer Island students for the ...

According to The Economist, first world governments spent over $100 billion on development assistance in 2005. An ...

Habele has received its first financial donation from a Micronesian citizen this week.Tom Lutte, the fund’s Treasurer ...

Today’s mail brought a notice from the IRS announcing that a recent fee hike (implemented ten days prior to the ...

Leaders from the Pacific are meeting to renew their efforts against Tuberculosis in Oceania. Sadly it seems there is ...

Ownership of family lands is of prime concern to Outer Islanders, and works through a complicated matrilineal system ...

Habele is proud to report that, as of mid July, we have reached one third of our summer fundraising goal! We are ...

Micronesia is home to many small islands, and the outer islands are the smallest.As a contemporary political grouping ...

Today Habele mailed its IRS form 1023 Tax Exemption Application Packet. Once we receive our formal recognition, the ...

In the Outer Island of Yap the sap of coconut trees is tapped, and once fermented, it is called “tuba”, or “falubwa ...

Today there was a Los Angeles Times article about Yap Proper. It discusses the caste system on Yap, and slightly ...

South Carolinian political candidates are pitching in to help Habele, a nonprofit scholarship granting organization ...

Habele has kicked off its summer fundraising program with a recent mailing to the Friends of the Ulithian Libraries ...

The Compact of Free Association (now superseded by Compact II) is the international agreement between the United ...

Bethania is an all-girls parochial school in Ngaraard, Palau. The school provides a significantly more comprehensive ...

Lava lavas are woven skirts of various colors with parallel stripes.The lava lava (ho) is one of the most visible ...

Four former Yap State Peace Corps Volunteer met in Washington DC this last weekend for a small reunion. The RPCVS, two ...

This is an extract from an insightful essay, dealing with the one of the most tragic challenges facing Micronesian ...

Here is an article from Pacific Magazine which provides a great overview of life in the Outer Islands.As one of the ...

During the early years of post-war US-rule a public high school was established on the Ulithi Atoll. This Outer Island ...

BETELNUTThese nuts, sprinkled with powdered coral, and wrapped in pepper leaves are chewed throughout Yap State.On Yap ...

THE NEW MICRONESIA: PITFALLS AND PROBLEMS OF DEPENDENT DEVELOPMENTby John Connell, is a great overview of the core ...

Habele is a nonprofit corporation, dedicated to the advancement of educational opportunities in the remote islands and ...