Habele
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The Habele Outer Island Education Fund (or simply “Habele”) is a small South Carolina based charitable organization serving the low lying atolls of Yap State and Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia.[1] Populations served by the fund include those from Ulithi, Wooleai, and Satawal as well as Eauripik, Ifalik, and Lamotrek.
The Fund awards scholarships to students attending primary and secondary private schools and provides material donations to small public schools. Donations generally consist of books, school supplies, and basic clothing items.[2] Habele has played a major role in the creation of libraries on the isolated atolls of Ulithi and Eauripik. .[3]
According the 2006 annual report, the organization was founded by a group of former Peace Corps volunteers who served in Micronesia and it received IRS nonprofit status in September of 2006.[4] In the first year of operation $2,890 in scholarships were awarded. Scholarships for 2007-08 exceeded $3,500.[5]
The donor-financed tuition payments awarded by Habele are a form of private vouchers. Unlike public school vouchers, private vouchers are not funded by the government. The use of private vouchers for low-income students has been described as a tool for facilitating education reform without becoming immersed in politics.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Palmetto State Democrats Donate to Local Charity Serving Micronesia." Pacific Magazine Online, December 11, 2006.[1]
- ^ "Pacific Islands Networking" Pacific Initiative, University of Hawaii. Accessed April 25, 2007.[2]
- ^ "School books, supplies donated to remote Pacific Island" Saipan Tribune. Accessed March 9, 2008.[3]
- ^ "Habele Outer Island Education Fund 2006 Annual Report" Accessed April 25, 2007.[4]
- ^ "Habele Fund Awards FSM Scholarships" Pacific Magazine Online, August 4, 2007.[5]
- ^ "Private Vouchers" Edited by Terry M. Moe, Hoover Institution Press, 1995. Pages 7-9.
