A Special Delivery
The Mystery of the Missing School Furniture and Books What started as a regular shipment of donated school supplies from New Zealand to the Marshall Islands turned into a delightful, unexpected outcome. Over the last few weeks, humanitarian missionaries Craig and Nancy Preston have been working with Furniture for Schools Charitable Trust (FFS), LDS Charities Read More
Golden Girl Mattie Sasser
Mattie’s Pacific Games weightlifting win: Three golds! December, 2017: On the first day of the Pacifi Mini Games weightlifting competition, Marshall Islands’ weightlifter Mattie Sasser dominated the women’s 63kg category, setting five Oceania and five Pacific Games records on her way to three gold medals — the maximum possible gold medals for a weightlifter to Read More
Events Calendar
If you are holding an event in Majuro that’s open to the public and would like to spread the word, I will be happy to post the event and its details on this site. Events that are about to be held will appear on the home page, while all events appear on the Events Calendar Read More
Kathy’s Latest Masterpiece
In her new poem ‘Anointed’ Marshallese poet and activist Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner explores the nuclear testing legacy of the Marshall Islands through the legends and stories of Runit Island on Enewetak Atoll. The poem was written and performed by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, the video was directed by Dan Lin, and produced by PREL (Pacific Resources for Read More
Wellness Center
A great eating out treat can be found at the Wellness Center next to Majuro Hospital in Delap. The focus of the food is healthy, to match its mission: Canvasback Missions started the Wellness Center on Majuro in conjunction with the Ministry of Health in 2005 in response to the increasing incidents of diabetes and Read More
Eneko Island
One of Majuro’s most beautiful and accessible beach getaways is Eneko Island, which is on Majuro’s northern shore about 25 minutes by boat from downtown Uliga. Owned by the Reimers family, the highlight is a small cottage on the beach. Nearby is a simple building with three bedrooms (one with a double bed, the others with Read More
Marshall Islands Story Project
In the latter part of the last decade, the Historic Preservation Office spearheaded the creation of a website that’s bursting with stories about the Marshall Islands told by the people who lived the stories. As well, the site has stories from nuclear survivors and includes elders relating traditional legends. If you want a taste of Read More
Majuro in the 1970s
August, 2017: Forty-one years ago, Eldred ‘Al’ Fewkes arrived on Majuro to help Jerry Kramer of Pacific International Inc. build a copra plant, bringing with him his wife Ruth and son Gary. Now we can look back in time at Majuro thanks to Gary scanning in some of the many photographs his family took between Read More
Video: Sailing RMI with Mahili
Mike and Jennifer Gough voyaged around the Marshall Islands in the latter part of 2014. Mike subsequently produced this movie, which is a compilation of footage and stills with simple, but descriptive, captions. The couple first stayed in Majuro then went sailing to a number of atolls such as Maloelap, Ailuk, Rongerik, Rongelap, and Enewetak.
