United Nations Development Program

Ensuring water keeps flowing

Ensuring water keeps flowing

Back up generators to power fresh and salt water service in Majuro are soon to be installed so that service can continue despite ongoing power outages, the general manager of the water company says. Majuro Water and Sewer Company GM Damian Capelle got out in front of the problem last year by ordering back up […]

Mejit promotes bwiro plan

Mejit promotes bwiro plan

An unusual groundbreaking ceremony was held on Mejit Monday this week — groundbreaking for a new facility for breadfruit product production. Staff from the International Organization for Migration alongside Mejit Nitijela Member Dennis Momotaro and Mayor Almo Momotaro, traditional leaders and project partners traveled to celebrate the groundbreaking Ridge to Reef (R2R) livelihood project. The […]

UN backs KIO’s project

UN backs KIO’s project

The United Nations Development Program’s GEG Small Grant program is supporting an extension of the KIO Club’s “One Household Per Smokeless Stove Project and Distribution of Water Filters” project for households around the Marshall Islands. KIO Club President Emma Kabua-Tibon and UNDP Program Manager Yoshiko Yamaguchi-Capelle signed the agreement earlier this week. The grand of […]