“Young Island Readers” is a book-a-month donation program that provides children in Yap State from birth to age five a new age appropriate each and every month. In mid-October the 3,000th book this year will reach the Post Office box of a family on Yap. The heart of Young Island Readers is Dolly Parton’s Imagination … Continue reading 3,000th book mailed to Yap so far in 2023
125 Micronesian Students Awarded Habele Scholarships
A US nonprofit, established by former Peace Corps Volunteers, is awarding tuition scholarships to 125 students across the Federated States of Micronesia. Funded entirely by the annual donations of individual Americans, the scholarships help cover tuition costs at independent elementary and high schools within the FSM. Habele’s tuition scholarships ensure bright, hardworking students have access … Continue reading 125 Micronesian Students Awarded Habele Scholarships
125 Micronesian Students Awarded Habele Tuition Scholarships
A US nonprofit, established by former Peace Corps Volunteers, is awarding tuition scholarships to 125 students across the Federated States of Micronesia. Funded entirely by the annual donations of individual Americans, the scholarships help cover tuition costs at independent elementary and high schools within the FSM. Habele’s tuition scholarships ensure bright, hardworking students have access … Continue reading 125 Micronesian Students Awarded Habele Tuition Scholarships
125 Micronesian Students Awarded Habele Tuition Scholarships
A US nonprofit, established by former Peace Corps Volunteers, is awarding tuition scholarships to 125 students across the Federated States of Micronesia. Funded entirely by the annual donations of individual Americans, the scholarships help cover tuition costs at independent elementary and high schools within the FSM. Habele’s tuition scholarships ensure bright, hardworking students have access … Continue reading 125 Micronesian Students Awarded Habele Tuition Scholarships
Yal titi babior mirel Habele!
Yal titi babior mirel Habele! / Babyor ko btir rom u Habele! Young Island Readers offers all children born in Yap the opportunity to receive one new, age-appropriate, book through the mail each month until their fifth birthday. This direct-to-end-user book donation program is based on the fact that access to books in one’s own … Continue reading Yal titi babior mirel Habele!
Habele will spinoff Robo League, aims for full localization of funding and operations
High school-based robotics in Micronesia has always been student centered and student driven. Now Habele, the US nonprofit that initiated the Robo League, looks to make that local ownership official. The NGO is sunsetting its role as steward of the Robo League after more than a decade. Habele’s introduced high school robotics to the FSM … Continue reading Habele will spinoff Robo League, aims for full localization of funding and operations
Students from Pohnpei make a splash at International robotics competition
The robotics team from Pohnpei Island Central School (PICS) returned from the FIRST Global International Robotics Challenge in Switzerland with the title of “First among small countries,” and a story to encourage their peers across the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The FIRST Global Challenge is an international high school robotics competition, in which small … Continue reading Students from Pohnpei make a splash at International robotics competition
3D Printers bring additive manufacturing to Micronesian classrooms
This December, high school students in Yap and Pohnpei used their own 3D printers to successfully create three dimensional models. These cutting edge, additive manufacturing machines were provided by Habele, the US non profit that also led the training. Participating schools earned the premium 3D printers in 2020 for excellence in completing Habele’s “Robotics … Continue reading 3D Printers bring additive manufacturing to Micronesian classrooms