We are happy to introduce Rose Saltalamacchia the pioneer volunteer in the Outer Islands Fellow program. She will join the  teaching staff at Xavier High School in Chuuk, Micronesia in August where she will serve as a volunteer teacher. Rose is scheduled to graduate from Santa Clara University in June with a bachelors degree in [...]

The outer islands are small remote islands in the Pacific island nation of Micronesia. If you haven’t heard of Micronesia, you’re not alone. The Federated States of Micronesia (commonly known as Micronesia or FSM) is a nation that is not readily known or seen on maps. With a population of only about 108,000 (est. 2005) [...]

We are happy to announce that Xavier High School in Chuuk, Micronesia has officially committed to serve as a partner school to host the first volunteer in the new Outer Island Fellows Program. This is an opportunity for a college graduate to spend one academic year volunteering as a teacher at a local school in [...]

Dear Friends, Thank you for visiting the Outer Islands Partnership website. If you have previously visited our website, you’ll notice quite a few changes. We have redesigned the website using the open source software called WordPress to maximize our capability to maintain communication with our friends and supporters. You’ll notice that we have a featured [...]

Congratulations to OIP Advisory Board member and FSM’s Ambassador to the United Nations Masao Nakayama who was recently interviewed on the ABC World News Report discussing the plight of Micronesia and other low lying islands with regards to the very real danger of global warming. Hopefully, the report will make a difference with the wealthy [...]