Cuthbert Project Connects Weipat
By Bill Hagen In January 2012 a fully functional, internet connected, computer lab was set up at WeiPat High school on the island of Onoun in the Namonweito Atoll of Chuuk State, FSM. In a partnership between The Cuthbert Project and Guam Community College, funded by the Department of the Interior this project labeled “WeiPat 2012” is the first of its kind in Micronesia. A 20 foot shipping...
Read MoreHelp for Weipat High School
My alma mater, Weipat High School, located on the remote outer island of Onoun in Chuuk State officially made one giant virtual leap toward bridging the huge digital divide. They are now hooked up to the internet via a solar powered satellite dish thanks to Deacon Bill Hagen and a team from his Guam-based Cuthbert Project and TR Mori from Chuuk-based iSolutions.com which completed in a week what...
Read MoreTo Hell with Good Intentions
I was touched today by the following speech by social critic and philosopher, the late Monsignor Ivan Illich. In the speech, which he delivered in 1968 to the Conference on InterAmerican Student Projects (CIASP), he courageously challenged the American youth doing volunteer services in Cuernavaca, Mexico, to guard against paternalism. His words resonated with me on so many levels personally and...
Read MoreEducational Reform
An educated citizenry is the key to breaking the cycle of disempowerment among the people in the Northwest region in Chuuk. No single issue deserves top priority in the outer islands today than the ensuring of adequate education for our children. It is imperative that our young generations of outer islanders are given all the available resources to survive in a globalized and fast-changing world....
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