Delivering the Fishing Kits
Salea’a’umau village. When we think of fishing we usually imagine someone casting a line into the water and reeling in their catch. ...
Samoa, Matafa'a Update
Matafa’a canoe project update: All but one tree chopped down and moved to the finishing area in the village. (Canoe total: 16) One tree...
Stalking Big Game
Matafaa, Samoa, 3-24-12 what you can't see in this picture is that it is pounding rain! Finding a big tree to turn into a canoe is like...
The Miracle of the Multiplying Fishing Nets
Salea’a’umua, Samoa, 3-16-12 Meeting up with Nanai from the Community Centered Sustainable Development Project (CCSDP) to visit the...
Got Machete?
The morning light creeps down the steep verdant hills behind the village as the sun rises in the east. Already, I can hear the sound of...
I Shall Return
Matafaa from across the bay As I drive around the lush southwest corner of the island and toward the village of Matafaa, the road...