YTNS Leads Efforts to Preserve Yapese Canoes

Safeguarding a Legacy at Risk Across the vast Pacific, the traditional navigation practices of Yap have long symbolized resilience, ingenuity, and deep cultural identity. These canoes are more than vessels—they are lifelines that connect the people of Yap to their past, the ocean, and each other. The art of voyaging, perfected over centuries, is deeply … Continue reading YTNS Leads Efforts to Preserve Yapese Canoes

Report highlights Habele’s expanded support for Micronesian Students and Schools

Habele, a US nonprofit that serves students and schools across Micronesia, has released its annual report for 2023. The report details another year of expanded service across the Federated States. Among the highlights: 126 Tuition Scholarships were awarded to elementary and high school students across Micronesia for the 2023-24 school year; 95 boxes of books … Continue reading Report highlights Habele’s expanded support for Micronesian Students and Schools

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

Unique Adze Blades for Traditional Micronesian Canoe Carvers

Keeping traditional Micronesian canoe carving alive: modern tools based on ancient designs The outrigger canoes of the western Pacific islands of Yap are famous for their speed, performance and seaworthiness. The combination of hull shape, symmetry, and outrigger allow the craft to be quickly reversed when winds change, without the need to turn the hull … Continue reading Unique Adze Blades for Traditional Micronesian Canoe Carvers

Habele fundraising t-shirts now for sale!

In 2006 a group of former Peace Corps Volunteers established a US-based nonprofit to advance educational opportunity and access across Micronesia. Since that time Habele has provided book donations, awarded tuition scholarships, supported cultural mentors and created a Micronesia wide high school robotics league. For a decade and a half, Habele's unique and distinctive t-shirts … Continue reading Habele fundraising t-shirts now for sale!

Habele in 90 Seconds

Habele serves students and schools across Micronesia. A nonprofit created by former Peace Corps Volunteers, Habele supports island students by: Scholarships. Habele awards needs-based scholarships to students at Micronesia’s top rated private elementary and high schools. Books. Habele donates books to school libraries across the Federated States, and mails books directly to children before they … Continue reading Habele in 90 Seconds