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Guam and the Consortium

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The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. The Consortium is made up of six island nations, commonwealths or territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia (including Chuuk and Pohnpei), Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau.

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Donna Leads a Home Visit to a Blind Toddler

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She has also made Micronesia her professional mission focus. She decided, after consulting with the special ed team in Kolonia (the main city on Pohnpei), that we'd go out and visit Aleckson, a four-year old blind boy who lives in Kitti, about 45 minutes counter-clockwise around the island.