Reconstruction of WAM - Canoes of the Marshall Islands

WAM (Waan Aelon in Majel - Canoes of the Marshall Islands) recently burned burned down in an tragic event. Reconstruction has already begun, but WAM needs your support to fully recover. You can use these fundraiser to help, every buck counts:
gofund.me/9a35...
Waan Aelon in Majel (WAM) is an NGO in the Marshall Islands dedicated to traditional canoe building and sailing. At a same time it is a school for dropout students and a training center for sustainable boat building. WAM is fighting at the forefront of climate change and is a shining example how a small NGO can improve the livelihood of an entire country by street-work, tradition, science, education and training.
The fire is a heavy loss for the Marshall Islands and the hole world. In the past 30 years WAM has not only trained hundreds of young people in traditional arts and life-skills, WAM also documented canoe sailing, built countless outrigger canoes and is a key institution for the transitioning to low carbon shipping by combining indigenous knowledge and modern science. WAM had just rebuilt and renovated large parts of the WAM campus to host more workshops for canoe building.
It is impossible to bring back the things that were lost to the flames but we can help to keep the program running. Please support WAM
to finance the most crucial reconstruction! If every one gives a few bucks we can rebuilt WAM together.
The linked fundraiser is officially approved by WAM. All donations go to WAM right away within a few days. The losses for transaction are about 2%. If you have trouble placing a donation at the fundraiser linked above try this one: gofund.me/1ceb...
This is a Chewy Lin Film, produced for Waan Aelon in Majel (WAM) in 2022. Special thanks to Gary Ehrsam, Elvi Bualoy and Janina Laurent.

[@gems34]

So sorry to hear the sad news Alson, I have a stunning proa model made by students from that school. Pleased to see all is not lost and you are determined to rebuild. From the ashes rises the phoenix :)

[@drag1286]

How did the fire start? May the wind be on their backs & the sun on their face.

[@proasisproject]

Nobody knows, but reconstruction is underway and the program is still there!

[@drag1286]

@@proasisproject Glad to hear it is coming back together :) I'm sure they are making the best of the clean slate. Would love to sail there somehow, someday. For now I research everything proa in an effort to convert my Penobscot 16 Royalex canoe to learn sailing for the first time. Thanks for your reply & vids!