Marshall Islands

The Red Cross held a three-day blood drive at the old College of the Marshall Islands library last week, with funding provided by the USAID Office of Humanitarian Affairs

Many government ministries and agencies presented their climate-related activities during the second annual Climate Change Week fair, an event to remind young people that climate change is not just about sea level rise

A weekly climate webinar is being organised by Jo-Jikum and the RMI Climate Change Directorate, with both face-to-face and online sessions and international guests

A National Women's Forum involved over 100 people to raise awareness of Marshall Islands gender equality, engaging women leaders to support the national approach in implementing these commitments

The grand opening of the new Beach Lodge Suites in Majuro was held last Saturday; Marshall Islands Development Bank CEO Dwight Heine said he hopes the complex will enhance economic development in local communities

Following first accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges of the US to Northern Islands High School in Wotje, it gave its stamp of approval to Marshall Islands, extending its accreditation for a new 6-year period, the longest

The Jaluit High School team won the science Jeopardy competition during Education Week activities, becoming the first high school in the outer islands to win the competition by defeating three public schools

An art exhibition of local artists that brought together students from four Majuro high schools with NGOs Jo-Jikum and Waan Aelon in Majel has been hosted by the US embassy in Majuro

Laura village resident Nicky Komanta went house to house monitoring salinity levels in private groundwater wells for 7 months, ending in November, with data on 240 wells to study future impacts of sea level rise

Ebon Atoll recently held a ceremony to officially open libraries in the atoll's three schools, Ebon, Toka and Enekoion, in the presence of the President and First Lady

Girls dominate Marshall Islands High School's latest honor roll, with only one class having more boys than girls on the honor roll, where three-quarters of total students are girls

The National Telecommunications Authority is currently installing a new mobile phone tower in the Batkan area of Majuro, which is expected to end the area's reputation as a "dead zone" for cellular calls

The Marshallese version of the Olympic Games is the jepta biit Christmas dance, an event full of competition and insults, part of the jepta performances since time immemorial