Eager young readers at the Maap Early Childhood Education Center in the northeast of Yap have received the first of three boxes of books donated by Habele. A US nonprofit, Habele was established by former Peace Corps Volunteers who served -many of them as library volunteers- in Micronesia. Habele provides donations of books, as well … Continue reading Per request: books for young readers in Maap, Yap
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Habele launches 2023-24 Scholarship Fundraising
Banner Photo: Kahlea Yaromal and Rayona Bernardo, in 3rd and 4th grade respectively, are Habele scholars attending Pohnpei Catholic School. Every spring Habele reasches out American citizens with some connection to Micronesia, asking for support to award it's annual K12 tuition scholarships. Promising students who need financial assistance to attend Micronesia’s top-rated elementary and high … Continue reading Habele launches 2023-24 Scholarship Fundraising
History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents
Habele has obtained the copyright for a massive and unique multi-volume collection of transcribed source documents dealing with Micronesian history. The US nonprofit began to provide copies, free-of-charge, to educators and institutions across the Micronesia and United States in 2022. Rodrigue Levesque is a brilliant polyglot who travelled the world working on United Nation and … Continue reading History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents
Report Highlights Service to Students & Schools Across Micronesia
It was a big year for Habele and the students and schools it serves across Micronesia. The non-profit was established in 2006 by former Peace Corps Volunteers who lived and taught in these small, scattered islands. Each year since, Habele issues a report to volunteers and donors offering an overview of it's work. According to … Continue reading Report Highlights Service to Students & Schools Across Micronesia
Matson, Habele keep books flowing to Yap’s Youngest Readers
“Young Island Readers” is a book-a-month donation program that provides children from birth to age five a new age appropriate each and every month. A generous investment from the Matson Foundation will cover the cost of providing over 400 such books to children across Yap State this coming January and February. The Young Island Readers … Continue reading Matson, Habele keep books flowing to Yap’s Youngest Readers
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
PICS High School Robotics Team visits Governor Oliver ahead of trip to Geneva, Switzerland for the First Global Robotics Challenge
Press release from Pohnpei State Public Information Office. October 7, 2022 Governor Oliver welcomed the PICS High School Robotics team to the Governor’s Office on the morning of October 7, 2022. The PICS High School Robotics team will be participating in the First Global Robotics Challenge in Geneva, Switzerland representing the Federated States of Micronesia. … Continue reading PICS High School Robotics Team visits Governor Oliver ahead of trip to Geneva, Switzerland for the First Global Robotics Challenge
Peer-to-Peer Documentation of Micronesian Weaving
In spring 2022, the Habele Outer Island Education Fund in the Federated States of Micronesia was one of 10 projects chosen to receive a highly-competitive Community Collections Grant from the American Folklife Center (AFC) through the Library’s Of the People: Widening the Path initiative. Funded by the Mellon Foundation, the grant program serves to support … Continue reading Peer-to-Peer Documentation of Micronesian Weaving
Habele Announces 54 Tuition Scholarships for 2022-23
US nonprofit continues to expand access to Micronesia’s highest performing private elementary and high schools. (Colonia, Yap) Fifty-four promising students across Micronesia have been awarded tuition scholarships to attend the nation’s top-performing private elementary and high schools across three Micronesian states. The K12 tuition scholarships are provided by Habele, a US nonprofit serving students and … Continue reading Habele Announces 54 Tuition Scholarships for 2022-23
Yap schools lead way in collaborative robotics
Yap Catholic High School, the most veteran of participants in the FSM-wide Habele Robotics League, has been promoting robotics to other high schools across Yap State for a decade. This year, the school pioneered a new model for the annual “Yap Robo Day,” a public exhibition in which robotics clubs from across Yap and its … Continue reading Yap schools lead way in collaborative robotics