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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