Global Support Help Chuuk Wrestling Team Win Big for Chuuk

When the wrestlers from Chuuk State left Chuuk on July 16 for Palau to participate in a two-week intensive wrestling training camp prior to the start of the Micronesian Games, they had hopes of improving their skills and representing Chuuk State proudly. The training camp was the idea of SHIP/HOOPS and made possible by Asinech [...]

Chuuk’s education director Gardenia Aisek sets high goals & expects excellence

Since taking over on June 11, 2010 as the new Executive Director for the Chuuk State School System (CSSS), Mrs. Gardenia Aisek has already encountered the seemingly insurmountable Tonachaw of problems facing a dysfunctional department. Yet she has three positive things going for her since day one; First, there is no shortage of funds at [...]

$97,000 gift for Chuuk Women’s Council facility

On July 14, 2010, on the island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia, a ceremony took place that moves the Chuuk Women’s Council closer to their dream of creating a Multi-Purpose Women’s Interest Facility that has been in the works for more than 3 years. Japan’s Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, [...]

Chuukese moms complete advanced parenting training in Hawai’i

Congratulations to the First Advanced Graduating Class of the Sundays Project! Now they can truly be called Families for Academic Achievement! The Fale (Samoan style meeting house) was decorated, traditional Pacific Island foods were cooked and music rang out with the sounds of Chuukese hymns on June 30, 2010.  Ten women grinned from ear to [...]

Chuuk Women’s Council to Lead Public Sector Reform Consultation

Palikir, Pohnpei: June 24, 2010. (FSMPIO Press Release #0610-23).The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the FSM government,  have been working together to develop community consultation programs in Chuuk as a result of a Technical Assistance Agreement entered into late in 2008, to support Public Sector Reform in Chuuk.

Gardenia Aisek Confirmed as Chuuk’s Education Director

Mrs. Gardenia Aisek, former General Manager of the Blue Lagoon Dive Resort, faculty at the College of Micronesia, leader in the Rotary Club of Truk Lagoon, and an active woman leader in Chuuk has been named  and confirmed as Chuuk’s Executive Director of Education. According to CRM sources, Mrs. Aisek was unanimously confirmed by the Senate [...]

U.S. Military Hits Up Impoverished Micronesia for Recruits – ABC News

This recent article on ABC News tells of how young Micronesian citizens are being heavily recruited to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces. While I don’t blame our youth for looking at the military as the only viable options for jobs and to pay for a college education, one has to stop and wonder whether [...]

Chuukese finalist in Business Woman of the Year

On April 24, 2010 nine successful businesswomen were honored as finalists in the prestigious Business Woman of the Year award  co-sponsored by First Hawaiian Bank and Guam Business Magazine. Among the mostly Guamanian women stood Marcia Ayuyu, the first Chuukese and only Saipan-based businesswoman to ever make it to the elite of women business leaders [...]

Chuukese MVP athlete brings pride to Chuuk

Congratulations to water polo and swimming athlete Alena Alumbaugh from Chuuk who was recently featured in a Pacific Daily News article. Daughter of Dolores and Richard Alumbaugh, Alena started swimming at an early age when the family lived in California. She transitioned to water polo when the family moved to Oahu where Richard serves in [...]

Chuukese wrestler wins two silver medals at Oceania Wrestling Championships

Samoa. On April 7 and 8, wrestlers from Oceania – Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia – came to Samoa to compete in the Oceania Wrestling Championships.  There were many excellent wrestlers from throughout the region. Greco-Roman wrestling was the first style to be contested. Keitani Graham, representing the FSM and his home state [...]

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