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Conservation Planners Use Benetech's Miradi Software to Help Save Reefs in Guam

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Elaina learned how to use Miradi while working on a Guam watershed plan with CMP member The Nature Conservancy. Now she’s a Special Project Coordinator for the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans Guam Coastal Management Program where she uses Miradi to prioritize threats to Guam ecosystems.

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Schools using social media but not for fundraising

Robert Weiner

I spent the last 3 days at the CASE District VII conference, for schools in AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, and UT.

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Social Enterprise: Black Pearls from Nukuoro Atoll

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

By the way, Mike and Mary work for the University of Guam at the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Services (CEDDERS), who manages the Pacific Consortium for Instructional Materials Accessibility Project (CIMAP), which is the whole reason I'm here in the Pacific! And, the product is beautiful.

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The Island Hopper to Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Continental flies this route three times a week, going from Honolulu to Majuro Atoll, to Kwajelein Atoll, to Kosrae, to Pohnpei, to Chuuk and finally to Guam. As in India, these communities have been renaming their islands back to their original or local names, rather than English approximations.

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Donna Leads a Home Visit to a Blind Toddler

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She's even been to Pingelap with Mary Kidd from Guam, taking the ship Micro Glory for 24 hours, sleeping on a straw mat on one of the upper decks. The community helps out. For years she's been coming to these islands, helping health professionals and teachers better serve the blind and visually impaired children.