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Traditional Carolinian Canoe Launched in Yap

A high tide, calm waters and a light wind made for a beautiful scene as the “Rose of Lima” slipped into waters of the Pacific for the first time.A team of master carvers and the young men they are mentoring crafted the canoe, a traditional hand-carved dugout outrigger....

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Historic Canoe Returns to Micronesia

Photo: James Hapdei holds a model canoe in Yap, Micronesia. The model was a gift from his father to Francis Wilson ...

Donated Dictionaries Reach Students in Remote Yap

Late in October, participants in the Habele Listening Tour waded ashore on the Island of Asor.They brought with them a ...

Traditional crafts kept alive on Yap

Many of the people of Yap in the Federated states of Micronesia are leaving the outer islands for the more urbanised ...

Islanders Say "Thanks" for Donated Dictionaries

Habele continues to receive letters from students and parents as well as school and community leaders following ...

US Navy Partners with Traditional Canoe Carvers in Yap

High tech met traditional tech when a group of US Navy Seabees pitched in to help the Waa’gey traditional canoe ...

Radio Australia Features Charity's Work in Micronesia

An ABC Radio Australia program that covers news and events in the Pacific  broadcast an interview with Neil Mellen ...

Students Visit Waa'gey Canoe Project

Eighty students from the College of Micronesia-FSM and Yap High School visited the Waa'gey canoe carving project at ...

Habele Listening Tour 2012

Habele Directors and supporters just completed the 2012 “Listening Tour” in Yap State, Micronesia. Meetings were held ...

Donated Dictionaries Head to Micronesian Outer Islands

Lorenzo Sartilug of the Yap State Department of Education reports:"The donated dictionaries are ready to go on the ...

Habele Awards Additional Scholarships (25 Total)!

Thanks to a pair of generous last-minute donations, Habele has awarded two additional K-12 scholarships for the ...

Dictionaries Donated to Micronesia

Photo: the first boxes of dictionaries are picked up by Yap DOE at the FSM Post Office in Colonia, Yap.A US-based ...

Scholarships for Micronesian Students to be Announced

A US-based charity is awarding twenty-three students in Micronesia scholarships to attend the K-12 school of their ...

Waa'gey to participate in Yap Canoe Festival

(Waa'gey - Colonia, Yap) This year's annual Yap Canoe Festival will once again take place in early November. This year ...

Article: Micronesia’s future between China and the US

By Scott Leis, former Peace Corps Volunteer. Reposted from the East Asia Forum.With a total land area of 702 square ...

Library Donation Headed to Micronesia

(Saluda, South Carolina) Thanks to the efforts of volunteers in Saluda County, young adults on a remote island in the ...

Derek Zoolander: "Micronesia Needs Your Help!"

Author's Note: Ben Stiller knows nothing of Habele and in no way supports our important capacity building work in ...

"Yap Robo Day" Robotics Competition in Micronesia

High school students in Yap, Micronesia held an inaugural robotics exhibition last week, ushering in a new era in ...

Thank You Letter from Pohnpei Student

A kind thank you letter was received this week from Shania, a Habele scholarship recipient in Pohnpei ...

Cultural Sites Visited by Yap Students

Approximately 30 students from St. Mary's Elementary School in Yap visited the canoe carving site in Colonia, home of ...

Waa'gey Canoe reaches "Yaibo"

These photos detail Waa'gey's latest progress. They've completed the "yaibo" stage of a large canoe. That is the point ...

Traditional Canoe Carvers Registered To Vote

The Yap State election Commissioner, Laura T. Ngaden and her staff along with a staff from the National Election ...

Betelnut Radio partners with Habele

Betelnut Radio, the most far-reaching Island Music radio station in the world, is helping to raise awareness about ...