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Last update January 30,
2006
Movies 1 : Reel http://www.reelparadise.com/main.html Reel Paradise tells the story of John Pierson's family at
the end of a year-long adventure on Taveuni where they ran the 180 Scheduled to be shown at Landmark E Street Cinema in Movies 2 : This Land has Eyes Sapeta Taito, star of the internationally acclaimed film The Land Has Eyes, is now a student at the University of the South Pacific. http://www.usp.ac.fj/news/story.php?id=83 and http://www.thelandhaseyes.com/
The
movie “The Land Has Eyes,” filmed in Rotuma, was shown May 20,2005 at the From the website: Vilsoni
Hereniko grew up in Rotuma until he was 16 when he left for In
the summer of 2000, with a crew of 14 from Hawai‘i, New Zealand, Australia and
California, Hereniko returned to Rotuma to direct the first feature film ever
to be made in Fiji by a native. The The
Story: Shamed by her village for being poor and the daughter of a
convicted thief, Viki is inspired and haunted by the Warrior Woman from her
island's mythology. The lush tropical beauty of Fish Dr. Bruce Carlson is Vice
President for Education, Conservation & Exhibits at the new Georgia
Aquarium in
The Summer 2005 Friends of Fiji Newsletter Summer 2005 Newsletter contains a story “Environmental Education for Dummies” that was originally written in the PCV coconut wireless newsletter as a practical joke on and about PCV Ryan Peseckas. It’s a great story, but too good to be true. I guess I’m the dummy. Computers for Computers for the World (also known as c4w) http://www.emeraldcityrotary.org/c4w/ is a project of
the Emerald City Rotary Club (Seattle),
and schools in the In Memoriam
Maris
Rombout (Maris Blinn
Dave Theison taught Physics and Astronomy at the University of the South Pacific while a Peace Corps Volunteer in the 1970’s. He passed away August 21, 2003. More information and nice tributes can be found at http://www.astro.umd.edu/~theison/ and http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/2015902.html
Friends
of The
Potluck Dinner & Annual General Meeting, originally scheduled for Jan 22, 2005
was held March 5 at the home of David and Willa Downes in Friends of Thanks
to the tireless work of Friends of Thailand member, Chris White, who lives and
teaches in Phuket, FOT has launched PROJECT RESTORE. Working with the
Thai education officials, Chris has identified and visited two rural elementary
schools in Phang Nga Province north of Phuket that are in need of assistance as
one school begins the task of rebuilding its facility and the other works to
restore the lives of 148 children orphaned by the tsunami. If
you would like to donate money to PROJECT RESTORE and view several
photos of Resolutions of the International Kava Conference 2004 This
may be of interest to those of us who drank lots of yagona in The
International Kava Conference met in Resolutions from the conference include: a) That after the deliberations and presentation of new scientific evidence during the Conference, we see no grounds for the continuing bans and restrictions. We therefore call for their immediate removal by all the relevant regulatory authorities including those in the EU. b)
The c) The Pacific Island Countries are committed to producing quality products by establishing and maintaining internationally recognized standards and specifications. Other Stuff:
Penina Moce, a woman from Udu, Fiji Water, which has supported our last two fundraisers with donated water, has received the Secretary of State's 2004 Award for Corporate Excellence from Secretary of State Colin Powell. Details at: http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20041029/NEWS/110290027 Remember
the cone shells in See how the fish-hunting cone snail fires a harpoon-shaped tooth from its proboscis to capture prey: at http://www.mbl.edu/BiologicalBulletin/VIDEO/schulz/ Fiji
Prime Minister Qarase Welcomes Fiji Re-entry Group 2 Volunteers Read his speech at http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_3107.shtml "Business
Incubator Seeks to Reduce Retail Failure Rate in Read about this UN Development Program in http://www.undp.org/dpa/choices/2004/june/fiji.html The Fallen Peace Corps Volunteer Memorial Website at http://www.fpcv.org/ is a memorial to all the Volunteers who died while serving in the Peace Corps. Fiji Girmit website launched Indian
indentured laborers arrived in
Friends of Approximately 30 people attended the picnic on Sunday,
June 13, 2004 at the Many items were donated to the Silent Auction for the Fall Fundraiser. Thanks to Tommy Foster for organizing a great event!! Farewell Gathering
for Ambassador and Mrs. Anare Jale Teaching, Living and Learning in Anne Baker, Director of Global Education and Technology at the National Peace
Corps Association, member of Friends of Fiji board, and volunteer in Peace Corps Director Meets With New Volunteers in
…more at http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view
Prime Minister of 25 volunteers sworn-in to service at ceremony on Friday, November 28th. More at: http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.media.press.view&news_id=887
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