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Northwest Educators Summer Training 2013

Northwest Educators Summer Training 2013

The Fanapi Foundation seeks funding to host a five-day residential educators training conference on July 29 – August 2, 2013 on the campus of Xavier High School on Weno, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. The Northwest Educators Conference (NEST) 2013 aims to bring together all the public school teachers and principals from all the [...]

Ms Caroline Voyager Schedule 2013

Ms Caroline Voyager Schedule 2013

The FSM Department of Transportation, Communication & Infrastructure (TC&I) has released the 2013 approved schedule for the Caroline Voyager’s trips to the nation’s outer islands. According to Mr. Francis Itimai, Secretary of TC&I, the dissemination of the complete schedule will enable FSM citizens from the small remote outer islands to plan their visits home.  Click [...]

Fanapi Center at Bayview Building

Fanapi Center at Bayview Building

Linda Mori Hartmann, a member of the Board of Directors, has donated part of the waterfront Bayview building for use as the site of the Fanapi Center. The new location includes several large rooms for offices, conference room, clinic, a large balcony overlooking the Chuuk lagoon, docking place on the water for outrigger canoe demonstrations, [...]

Fanapi Foundation approved as US public charity

Fanapi Foundation approved as US public charity

The Chuuk-based Fanapi Center now has a US-based fundraising entity known as the Fanapi Foundation. Founded by Vid Raatior and a team of volunteer Advisory Board, the Fanapi Foundation’s mission is “to raise funds and provide technical assistance to support the Fanapi Center’s mission to promote self-reliance among the underserved outer islanders living in the [...]

Leaders unite over educational reform

Leaders unite over educational reform

On July 2-7, 2012, leaders from throughout the Northwest regions of Pattiw, Namonweito, and Pafeng converged at Weipat High School on Onoun island to participate in the first Northwest Educators Summit. Their goal: to explore ways to improve the quality of education for students of their region through the Chuuk State Educational Reform Plan. Instead [...]

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