Rob Denney Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Canoe culture keeps developing

By Journal on February 12, 2026 Alson Kelen, Andy Caleb, Binton Daniel, Canoe House, College of the Marshall Islands, GIZ, Henrik Richter-Alten, Isocker Anwel, Joe Lat, Juren Ae, Karen Earnshaw, Ken Daniel, Raffael Held, Rob Denney, Waan Aelon in Majel News

KAREN EARNSHAW The evolution of Marshall Islands canoes this week reached yet another milestone thanks to a small group of people “learning from the past for the present and the future.” This philosophy is a motivating factor for Germany’s Henrik Richter-Alten, who first stepped through the doors of Waan Aelon in Majel in January, 2018. […]

WAM takes new tack

By Journal on May 21, 2020 Alson Kelen, Eve Burns, Geselleschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, Henrick Ricther-Alten, Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation, MIMRA, MOHHS, PSS, Rob Denney, Waan Aelon in Majel News Archive

EVE BURNS Waan Aelon in Majol (WAM) is working on new locally-designed catamarans and outrigger canoes to improve the movement of copra and people within atolls An ongoing challenge for copra collection in remote atolls is the time needed for government field trip vessels to stop at multiple islands within one atoll to collect copra. […]