Moch School: A Success in Motivating Island Minds

By Stephanie Osborne It’s only a tiny spec on a map, but when you finally locate and step foot on Moch Island, it has a contagious energy. The community shares a unique sense of family and initiative. I first experienced such energy during the summer of 2009 when I came to Moch for the first [...]

White Rice Increases the Risk of Diabetes (Suke)

It seems that everywhere you turn, another Chuukese is either dying or their legs amputated because of diabetes or suke. According to a large  clinical study conducted by the National Institute of Health, eating more white rice raises the risk for type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is one of the largest growing health problems [...]

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 [...]

$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, [...]

Accountability for Chuuk’s CIP Funds Questioned

The recent wire transfer of $37,000 of capital improvement project (CIP) funds to Moch Municipality has raised some questions regarding proper accountability measures for these public funds. According to a press release from the FSM Public Information Office, President Mori had approved the release of these funds to over 27 Chuuk municipalities. Concerned that such [...]

Does Chuuk need a medical school or better elementary schools?

The FSM Public Information Office recently announced the endorsement of a new medical school that is close to open with its main campus on Chuuk. The project was initiated by a certain Dr. Christian Hong from Hanseo University, a South Korean institution with no medical college on its own campus. It is apparently supported by [...]

Presidential Meeting with Chuukese Citizens

Saipan, CNMI. June 25, 2010.   A day after President Mori’s meeting with all FSM citizens, President Mori was able to meet with the Chuukese community residing in the CNMI.  He thanked the organizing committee comprised of Romino Saimon, President of the Chuuk Catholic Community, Own Cholymay, Vice President, Marcia ‘Ruri’ Ayuyu, Gideon Kikku (MC), and [...]

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.

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 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 [...]

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