Contact
Dongsoo NhamP.O. Box 2115
Kolonia
Pohnpei
Micronesia
96941
(691) 320 3201
ffwpu.fsm@gmail.com
Micronesia
P.O. Box 2115
Kolonia
Pohnpei
Micronesia
96941
(691) 320 3201
ffwpu.fsm@gmail.com
Chapter Secretary General
Dongsoo Nham
Global Peace Council Member
H.H. Iso Salvador L. Iriarte
Traditional Leader, Council of Traditional Leaders
D.W. Kim & G. Stone: Compact of Free Association and the Future of Micronesia
In order for the US and the Micronesian nations to maximize the mutual benefit from the close relationship in the future, both parties must collectively work on increasing awareness about the region both in the media and in academia.
Training More Micronesian Teachers in Character Education
Pohnpei, Micronesia – Twenty one elementary school teachers participated in a character education teacher-training program in preparation for a new one-year pilot program scheduled for the Pacific island nation. The seminar was sponsored by Ministry of Education in partnership with UPF Micronesia.
Day of Families Celebrated in Pohnpei
Pohnpei, Micronesia - Coinciding with the UN International Day of Families, UPF-Micronesia sponsored a one-day seminar for 45 participants. Most guests arrived early and were greeted and treated with the traditional headdress worn at most gatherings and special meetings.
I. Iriarte: A New Perspective on the Family
My connections with UPF have helped me to really understand my duties and responsibilities within my family structure. Nowadays, with the encroachment of foreign influence, it is becoming clear that our family structure may one day cease to exist. UPF seeks to strengthen our existing family by defining and clarifying the duties and responsibilities of everyone in this structure.
Training Pohnpei Teachers in Character Education
Character Education Changes Student Attitudes
“What I’ve experienced from this summer camp is that first, change yourself before you change others. I applied this [during the camp] and I changed the way I acted with my friends. I gave them respect, friendliness, leadership, and [an example of] responsibility.” This was how Myron, a ninth-grade student, described the two-week summer camp in Pohnpei, Micronesia.
Promoting Character Education in Kosrae
Based on the success of UPF's Character Education initiative in Pohnpei, Iso Iriarte, a High Traditional Leader of Micronesia, and I organized a visit to another state, Kosrae.
Seminar in Japan for Traditional Leaders
A seminar for traditional leaders from Pacific island nations was held in Hiroshima, Japan, May 1-7, 2006, in a very quiet part of the coastal hamlet town of Kure. The city of Kure is a shipbuilding area and it maintains a formidable naval fleet of frigates and submarines. The largest battleship of the Second World War, the Yamato, was built there.