Early in October, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Peter A. Prahar to be the US Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia.The United States Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment on November 20th.The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is an island nation in the central Pacific with...

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A mere 10 percent of Micronesians who enroll in the nation's community college system actually graduate.The figure was released in the "IPEDS Data Feedback Report," complied by the College of Micronesia (COM) for the United States based National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It measures the number of...

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Amelia Weiss sits with boxes of donated books headed for the Outer Islands of Micronesia. Amelia, now a freshman at Cal Berkeley, began to gather materials for under-resourced schools in the Central Pacific after a visit to the Islands of Palau and Yap. She teamed up with other...

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Last Thursday, the Habele Blog reported on the tragic death of Kirsten Elisabeth Wolcott, a Seventh-day Adventist student missionary in Micronesia.Wolcott, a 20 year-old college student from Southern Adventist University (SAU), was serving as a teacher at the SDA school which several Outer Island children attend through Habele...

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 Maia  from Woleai attends Saint Mary's School on Yap."Habele" is an all-volunteer, US-based charity, promoting educational access and accomplishment in Micronesia.The main focus of Habele's work is providing low-income Outer Island students with scholarships to attend private K-12 schools in the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) four state...

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Multiple media outlets are reporting that Kirsten Elisabeth Wolcott, a Seventh-day Adventist student missionary, has been murdered on the island of Yap, in the central Pacific island nation of Micronesia.The Adventist News Network (ANN) cites unnamed SDA church leaders who explained, "Kirsten, a native of Virginia, had reportedly...

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Government bean counters in Micronesia, a central Pacific island nation with close ties to the United States, have released more bad news about their nation’s economy. According to reports from the Office of Statistics, Budget and Economic Management, inflation is still on the rise in the islands.Second Quarter...

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Habele, the all-volunteer charity serving students in Micronesia, has just received an update from Michael Gall, a US Peace Corps Volunteer living on Chuuk.Mr. Gall visited Habele tuition scholarship recipients who are attending Berea Christian High School and Saramen Chuuk Academy.This school year, Habele awarded full tuition scholarships...

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Pictured: the high school robotics team at Chaminade College Prep in West Hills, California stands with donated books for students in the Central Pacific.The Charminade students have gathered text and reference books which they will be sending to impoverished public schools in Yap and Chuuk States, part of...

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A South Carolina based charity is sending boxes packed with supplies to public school classrooms in the remote Outer Islands of Micronesia."Habele," an all-volunteer nonprofit in Columbia, has been supporting students and educators in the Central Pacific island nation of Micronesia since 2006. Founded by returned Peace Corps...

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Students and teachers in Micronesia are in desperate need of basic school supplies.Particularly in the remote Outer Islands, public educators struggle with a lack of basic instructional materials. Library shelves are often bare.Habele, an all-volunteer charity based in the United States, is looking to help.The group is now...

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Habele, a charity serving Micronesian students, has awarded it's 17th tuition scholarship for the 2009-10 school year.Parky Mwarkie, from Kuttu in Chuuk, is enrolled at Saramen Chuuk High School as a Junior. Habele has committed to pay Partky's full tuition and fees for the remainder of the school...

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The remote Outer Islands of Yap, located in the Federated States of Micronesia, have been featured in the October 2009 issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine.The article, focusing on the Ulithi Atoll, is titled "Way Out and Warmhearted." It characterizes the four inhabited Ulithian islands (Falalop, Asor, Mogmog,...

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The Fall Semester 2009 updated enrollment data for the College of Micronesia is now online.According to the President's latest announcment "The enrollment at all campuses are much higher this Fall Semester than Fall Semester 2008, as of 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009.  This is the first...

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Habele is an all-volunteer US-based nonprofit organization striving to expand access to quality instruction for students of Micronesia's remote Outer Island community.This brief overview of data, taken from 2007 state and federal sources in Micronesia, provides a general glimpse of public school characteristics in the four states of...

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Not many people in South Carolina are familiar with Micronesia, a group of isolated islands in the Pacific once called the “Carolines.”Students there face many challenges, but a small South Carolina charity is working to help.Per-capita income in the islands is under $3,500. Limited natural resources and extreme...

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The Guam-based Pacific Daily News is reporting on Habele's 2009-10 tuition scholarships.Sixteen young scholars from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have been awarded educational aid to attend private K-12 primary and high schools.Included in the article is a comment from Louis J. Rama, a senior consul at...

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(click on photo to enlarge)Sixteen students in the Central Pacific Island nation of Micronesia will be enrolling in prestigious independent schools this fall, thanks to more than $7,500.00 in scholarships awarded by a South Carolina based charity.The Habele Outer Island Education Fund is an all-volunteer, US-based, nonprofit organization...

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The Habele Outer Island Education is again sending school supplies to students at the public school on Asor Island.Asor is one of four permanently inhabited islands on the Atoll of Ultithi in Yap State, Micronesia.The Habele Outer Island Education Fund is an all-volunteer, US-based, nonprofit organization that works...

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Habele, a US-based nonprofit serving the Outer Islands of Micronesia, has posted new photos from the Atoll of Eauripik on it's Picasso Web Album.The photo set includes pictures of books and school supplies donated to the school and library by the Habele Outer Island Education Fund. There are...

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The Habele Outer Island is preparing to announce the winners of it's 2009-10 school year tuition scholarships.We hope to provide tuition assistance to K-12 students throughout Yap and Chuuk States seeking to attend independent schools on the main islands of Yap, Chuuk, and Pohnpei.In the meantime, you can...

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Habele donors are again sending basic supplies to under-resourced public schools in the Central Pacific.This box of materials is headed for the Island of Kuttu, of the Mortlock group, in Chuuk State Micronesia.Basic materials are essential to effective classroom instruction but many schools in the lagoon and outer...

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Shania and her cousin Glimmer horse around beside the Yapese Cargo Ship Hapilmogol. Both are attending Yap SDA School with scholarships from Habele.Shania Marpa, a bright eyed and friendly fourth grader, is a committed student."I know school is the key to my future," she says.Shania is an Outer...

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Eager attitudes, engaged parents and committed qualified teachers are all essential for learning.Public school students on the remote Island of Fais have all these, but they often lack basic materials that students in more developed countries take for granted.Habele, an all-volunteer charity that serves Micronesian students, is working...

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The Habele Outer Island Education Fund is already receiving applications for its 2009-10 tuition scholarships. Here is a letter that recently arrived:February 6, 2009Dear Sir,Enclosed here in is my grand daughter's application for the Habele scholarship Fund. My grand-daughter Marciana Lagielig is currently enrolling in the first grade...

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The Habele Outer Island Education Fund has been featured on Nonprofit Awareness, a blog that highlights outstanding charities and provides hints on best practices in philanthropy."Our objective is to help individuals find causes they are passionate about supporting," said Nonprofit Awareness founder and CEO Courtney Brickman, "Toward this...

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As part of Habele's oversight and accountability mechanisms, scholarship recipients provide the Fund with grade and progress reports each semester.This progress report from Parky Mwarike, a Freshman, from Moch, Chuuk who attends Saramen Chuuk Academy, is a great example. The Habele donors and directors are very proud of...

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The Habele Outer Island Education Fund will be releasing its 2008 Annual Report later this week. Board members are in the process of reviewing the final draft and hope to distribute copies to donors and volunteers later this week.Highlights of Habele's 2008 accomplishments have already been posted to...

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Two of Habele's directors just returned from a three week trip to Yap and the Yap State Outer Islands to promote awareness of the Habele scholarship and book donation programs.Photos of the trip can be found here.In addition to meeting with Habele scholarship recipients, the Directors visited with...

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