You know, Canvasback
is an amazing ministry.
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Thirty eight years
they've been in operation
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coming to islands
and atolls in the Pacific
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to do an incredible work.
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I'm here today in Majuro
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standing in
front of the hospital.
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Why hospital?
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Well, because Canvasback works
hand in glove with hospitals,
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bringing specialists
from many different fields
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to help them out
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and things that
they just don't do,
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and aren't able to
provide the community.
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But there's more yet to come.
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Wa kuk wa jimor.
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What does it mean?
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Well, it's
Marshallese for canoes
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bring people together.
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They've been making canoes
for, well, who knows how long.
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It wasn't though,
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until the 1800s that
Westerners discovered
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these canoes, and
they marveled at them.
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The way they sail,
the way they handle.
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And then canoe enthusiasts
from all over the world
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begin looking at them.
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And they're the
admiration of all the Pacific.
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Well, today, I want to show you
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some more of the
actual manufacturing process.
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It's exciting to see
it's, it's a lot of fun.
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So come on, let's check it out.
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I used to work for the museum.
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So 26 years ago,
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we went to the other islands
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and document the step by
step construction of canoes,
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and they were kind of nice.
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People in the other
islands were asking,
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why would we do that?
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Because they have canoes.
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I say, "Well,
that's why we're doing it."
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Because you have this knowledge,
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you have the skills to,
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so we can document it
for future generations.
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So this was an old generation
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that had the old
techniques and talent.
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Everything they have all
that, not just these skills,
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but the legends
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and everything
else that goes with it.
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So we were fortunate that
was just the right timing,
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perfect timing for that.
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Why did you have such a burden
to gather the ancient customs
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and bring him in today?
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Well, um, you know,
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when we talk in
about the skills,
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there was so many
kids running around,
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they actually came and learn
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how to build the canoes with us.
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And I was very
fascinated with that.
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I thought, well,
that's really great,
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because they're
really interested
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in the culture.
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Gives them something to
grab onto and to live for.
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Really, yeah.
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But then I found out
later, they were all dropouts.
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Really?
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And a lot of them
again, this school system,
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if you do not pass
the high school exam,
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you won't be able
to go to high school.
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That's pretty much, that's it.
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That's pretty much it
for the rest of your life.
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That's the old
rule, that education,
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the end of education for you,
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because there's no
other programs out there.
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One day when we got in
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with the voyaging
canoe from Majuro,
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and my job was to sail around
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and kind of
educate the young people,
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go around to schools and
talk about voyaging canoes
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and go to different communities
and different youth programs.
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And I was doing it
all for a volunteer
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just tried to
get a program going.
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If I can, help me out,
what's a voyaging canoe?
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I don't understand it.
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A voyaging canoe,
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it's a canoe that is
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you can actually
cross the ocean with.
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So when we were
finished with this canoe,
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we sail from
Wotje in to Kwajalein,
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which is only about 140 miles
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and then we sail
from Kwajalein to Majuro
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which is about 250 miles,
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so that voyaging
canoe was able to...
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Okay.
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So I take it, this
one you're building it.
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This is not a voyaging canoe.
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No, this is a paddling canoe.
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There's three sizes.
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This one is called Kruger,
it's a smaller paddling canoe,
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one or two men canoes
where people mostly used to go
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bottom fishing and
could do some short,
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short distance sailing
and mid-sized sailing canoe,
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it's a sailing
canoe that you can use
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for further
distance within the lagoon
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and some time you
go outside the lagoon,
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but the
voyaging canoe is the one
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that people actually
go from atoll to atoll.
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This work is
absolutely intricate.
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This is what you
learn from the elders.
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This kind of canoe building.
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Yes, we actually
got certain wood.
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We had, you know, it's,
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of course you know
the Marshall Islands
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we don't have any
wood so whatever we find,
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we cut down, we
cut it to good pieces
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and then we sew them together.
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So when you say find,
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driftwood that
comes in and things?
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There's some driftwood.
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There's some
old breadfruit trees
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that failed a few years ago.
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So traditionally, if
you say you're going to,
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you're working
on building a canoe,
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you're actually planting a
tree that maybe up to 20 years,
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or even longer than your son
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or your grandson
will enjoy that tree.
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So there was
really an ecological,
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ecological part to that.
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Yes, it's not just
building a canoe right now,
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you are actually,
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every, all the canoe
builders have future plans,
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long term plan
for the communities.
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And that's how they
were thinking to make sure
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that their
community can survive.
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All right.
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And I notice, you
build these little guys too.
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What are these
for? Well, these are...
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That you see in the program,
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we don't just teach the kids
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how to build canoes, we also...
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These are their wooden projects.
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Also each one
builds his own project.
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They have partners.
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They, you know, they would,
you know, we'd partner them up.
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Because the goal at the
end is not just to make sure
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that the culture, the
traditions still survive,
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but also to make sure
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that they have
some kind of skills
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when they're done so
they can go get a real job.
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Okay.
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But we have to at least give him
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some skills on their hand
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and information
for the future journey.
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So wherever they go,
they'll be able to survive.
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And at the end of the day,
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the culture will
still be instilled
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in their hearts
and cultural pride,
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you know, this will
give them something.
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Now, do you also,
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not only do you
teach them building,
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do you teach them how to canoe
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and the skills
of navigation or...
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We do a lot of
sailing with them.
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As a matter of fact,
Friday is our shop off.
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So we close all the shops
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and we also do
teach English and math,
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but we close everything up
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and let them go swim
and go sailing around.
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And every once in a while,
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we go crazy and
get on a bigger canoe
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and go across to
the other atolls.
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Do you have a
bigger one we can look at
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to kind of give me an
idea what you're talking about?
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Well, this is, we can
take a look at this one.
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But this one was actually funded
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by the Department of Interior
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so it's all inside
this is fiberglass.
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But inside here is
airtight compartment
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so you can cut it nav
and it's still floating in.
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Okay, okay.
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But this one is,
as you look closely,
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I've started these.
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These are we're
repairing all this thing.
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One side is a little bit rounder
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than the other is
called the asymmetrical shape.
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So this is the same
shape on an airplane wing.
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Really?
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So that airplane
wing without the shape,
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I don't think it'll fly.
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But on this, it
goes, as it goes faster,
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it creates lift and that's what.
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Pulls you up in the water
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which helps you
go even faster, yeah.
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Yes, and also in the airplane,
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same system is asymmetric shape.
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And what is this,
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is this
particular canoe have a name
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or as far as the style...
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Oh, this is the
walap, voyaging canoe.
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A walap
literally means big canoe.
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Big canoe it means.
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Okay. Okay.
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And this has what,
one sail on it or...
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One sail. One sail.
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So they, I think
the challenging part
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on these Marshallese canoes
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is the chanting or the attacking
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because you actually
lift the sail from one end
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and take it to the other.
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Oh, put it to the other. Yeah.
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So it is a technique on that.
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You actually
make sure that this,
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the canoe kind of
patient to the wind
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and then you
take the sail and...
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Just when you catch
that second of the doldrum.
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And then that canoe
actually will tell you
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when to put that
sail onto that side.
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Okay.
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How many guys are in this canoe?
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Oh, you know, that
canoe or this canoe,
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we actually what we
did we made people stand up
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from one side to the other,
all fill it up with people.
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That isn't normal though, right?
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Yeah, it's not.
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And they just want to see
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if it we actually
went down a bit, it didn't.
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You're kind of a guy
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who likes to
have fun, aren't you?
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I can tell.
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Well, you know, if
you don't make work fun,
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it's, is it won't last.
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And, of course,
'cause we're working
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with the average skills,
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you have to make sure
that whatever you do it's fun.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Hey, you know this,
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I sure appreciate
your time so much so much.
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It just, this gives a
whole different idea to,
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you know, the culture
the people and everything.
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So thank you so much
and I wish you success
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to continue to
build this culture.
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And you know, this,
I always tell people
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that you can go around the world
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and you go snorkeling or diving.
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Go enjoy beaches,
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but their boats and their food
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are what make them unique.
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We've got a lot more adventure
for you, so stay tuned.
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thousands of
miles away from the US
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where you're born
and raised I assume?
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Well, my husband and I
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have always wanted
to be missionaries.
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And from when we were young,
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we figured that we
wouldn't be staying
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in the States.
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And this is the
door that opened up.
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We have really enjoyed
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being here in
the Marshall Islands.
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There is a lot of
opportunity, a lot of need.
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When we were in the States,
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we would try to do
things like health screenings
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or cooking classes.
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And there were just
so many restrictions,
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so many
regulations, so many permits
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that you had to
have and permissions
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and there was liability issues.
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And here you want
to take a blood sugar,
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you ask a store owner,
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"Hey, can I set up a
table in front of your place,"
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and that's as much
permission as you need.
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And so there's a
lot more opportunity
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to help people,
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and there's a lot
of need for the help.
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Expand on the needs for me?
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Well, being in the Pacific,
a Pacific island nation,
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there is a high
rate of diabetes,
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there's a
genetic predisposition.
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And then if you wanted
to give somebody diabetes,
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you would give them this
diet that they have out here.
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Now you're a nurse
so you kind of know
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what you're speaking about.
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Yes, somewhat.
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Although I can't say
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that nurses are
very well trained
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in nutrition.
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But our dietitian, Brenda Davis,
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she's written a few books.
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And she has taught me
a lot about nutrition.
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And one of the things is that
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the people here
they import food,
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mostly processed food,
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white rice, chips, canned meats,
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high fat, high
salt, high sugar foods,
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and by their 30s
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we're starting to
see diabetes pop up.
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By their 30s?
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Now what happens
when you find someone
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that through your screenings,
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through the
neighborhood screenings
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and things you find someone
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that has really high
sugar, what, what's next?
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Well, we refer
them to the hospital.
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We have a pretty
good relationship
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with the diabetes clinic there,
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and get them medical attention.
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We have some programs
available for the public.
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If people want
to learn how to cook
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or if they want a garden put in
at their place, we'll do that.
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We have exercise
classes here in the gym.
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And if you're
one of the lucky ones
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to be in the CHAT program,
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then you get visits
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three times a
week to begin with.
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And then that
gradually goes down
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to one time a week,
and one time a month.
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And the community
health care workers
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work with these families
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on incorporating a
healthy diet and exercise plan
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into their daily
routines and into their budget.
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So they go right in the homes
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and help them
understand what to cook
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and how to cook
and all those things?
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And they plant a garden for them
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and teach them how to use
what grows in that garden.
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Kind of getting back
to the roots of the nation
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as it would.
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Yes, there was.
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I believe two cases
of diabetes in the 1960s.
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Here in the
islands? Here in the islands.
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Two cases.
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And now what's the...
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What's the figure?
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I heard your
husband mentioned it's huge.
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It's above 25% of
the adult population.
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Some estimates
have put it up to 37%.
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And I heard on
some of the others,
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perhaps it's
50-70 age, it's 75%.
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There's massive numbers.
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I just was reading
that the other day,
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it's hard to even imagine.
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But that all come most
of that comes from diet.
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Is that correct? Oh, yes.
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Diet and lack of exercise.
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Now, the center here is
attached to the hospital.
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Tell me about that relationship?
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The hospital is kind
of our supervising agency.
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And so we report to them.
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They give us money every
year to help fund our programs.
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But fortunately, we
have a lot of autonomy
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in how we use that money.
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And so makes it
easy to get things done.
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And I noticed you're
not only making an impact
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with the community,
but even with the hospital,
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I noticed that the
hospital now is cooking here.
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And you've helped
change their dietary ways
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they serve patients.
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The hospital
kitchen is being remodeled,
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the hospital's
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going through a
big renovation process.
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So they will be using our bakery
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for the next three years.
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And fortunately,
the kitchen manager
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for the hospital kitchen
is also health conscious.
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So the plates that go
to the hospital patients
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have become healthier
over the last few years.
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That's exciting
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because hospital food normally
is not very good at all.
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Very true.
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What else is as
you've been working here
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all this time now,
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what are the
other needs that you see
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that the center is
working to help with?
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There is a big need for
the education of children,
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school aged children
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who really don't know
anything about healthy eating.
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And they have a
soda pop for breakfast.
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And they'll have
an ice cream cone
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on the way to school,
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or their only breakfast
will be a pack of chips.
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So we are working
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with the Ministry of Education
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and developing health curriculum
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using their standards,
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which they have some
pretty good standards,
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they just don't
have anything in place
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for the teachers to use,
to teach those standards.
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So we have
developed a kindergarten
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and first grade
workbook with 21 lessons,
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activities on the
importance of exercise
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on healthy food
and unhealthy food.
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The
kindergartens this last year,
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it was their first year
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and
kindergarteners stopped drinking
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so much soda and juice.
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And a lot of the
teachers had a rule
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of no junk food
in the classroom.
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So instead of chips
and cookies for snacks,
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they were bringing
fruit and boiled eggs
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and natural stuff.
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So the wellness
center is making an impact
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starting to move out
through the whole community.
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Yes, it's
another of our programs,
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the CHAT program
where patients get visited
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in their homes.
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The idea is to teach
the whole family at once
00:19:07.34\00:19:09.88
and things like that.
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You mentioned the CHAT
program a little earlier
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of helping to go in
and help the people.
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Is that an
acronym for something?
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Yes.
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Community Health
Advancement Program.
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I imagine that you've gotten
some really great stories.
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I've seen people's lives change.
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Is there one or two
that are just really pop
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that you'd like
to share with us?
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Sure.
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Anne went through
our program three times
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because she wanted
to just keep learning
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more and more and more.
00:19:39.64\00:19:40.98
Her father had gone
through the program years ago
00:19:41.01\00:19:43.55
and encouraged her to come
00:19:43.58\00:19:44.91
and she just has so
much more energy now
00:19:44.95\00:19:47.45
that she's trying to
eat right and exercise.
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And she started walking club.
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She does our exercise classes
when we do our outreaches,
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so she's a great
motivator for the Marshallese
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who think that they can't do it,
00:20:03.13\00:20:05.17
but they can.
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They can.
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So it's really true.
You are what you eat.
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You are.
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Oh definitely.
00:20:11.61\00:20:13.54
The things that you put in
your body affect your mind,
00:20:13.58\00:20:19.08
affect your well-being,
00:20:19.11\00:20:21.62
does affect your even
your spiritual connection.
00:20:21.65\00:20:27.12
I'm going to stop you a moment,
even your spiritual connection.
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Can you expand on that?
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Your connection to
God is through your mind.
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If you do not have a clear mind,
00:20:34.40\00:20:36.33
you can't have a
good connection with God.
00:20:36.36\00:20:38.83
And the healthier
the food that you eat,
00:20:38.87\00:20:41.57
the clearer your
mind is also, it doesn't.
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It's not only the food,
you have to drink your water
00:20:44.51\00:20:47.34
and you have to get
some exercise every day
00:20:47.38\00:20:49.84
and get some sunshine
00:20:49.88\00:20:51.21
and avoid alcohol and tobacco
00:20:51.25\00:20:53.25
and other things
that cloud your mind.
00:20:53.28\00:20:55.52
But all of these
things affect your spirit,
00:20:55.55\00:20:58.45
and your spirit
affects your body.
00:20:58.49\00:21:00.62
So this is what
Canvasback Wellness Center's
00:21:00.66\00:21:02.79
really doing
00:21:02.82\00:21:04.16
is helping to change
the mind of the people
00:21:04.19\00:21:06.19
and help them feel better.
00:21:06.23\00:21:07.60
then they can focus
on spiritual things.
00:21:07.63\00:21:09.80
Yes, you need
those basics in place
00:21:09.83\00:21:13.27
before you can
tackle the higher things.
00:21:13.30\00:21:17.07
So if you had a wish list
of things you'd like to do,
00:21:17.11\00:21:19.91
maybe expansion or something,
what kind of, would that be?
00:21:19.94\00:21:23.24
How would it look like? Wow.
00:21:23.28\00:21:25.01
Well, here, at
this wellness center,
00:21:25.05\00:21:27.88
I would love to have a
few more exercise classes,
00:21:27.92\00:21:31.95
have maybe a program
00:21:31.99\00:21:34.19
through the schools
00:21:34.22\00:21:35.56
where we cook
with each classroom
00:21:35.59\00:21:37.13
and get them to
try healthy food.
00:21:37.16\00:21:40.46
It would take a bit
more staff and money.
00:21:40.50\00:21:45.17
And we'd really like to expand.
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There are other islands
who have expressed an interest
00:21:47.84\00:21:52.07
in having a wellness center.
00:21:52.11\00:21:53.68
So it would be great
to be able to start up
00:21:53.71\00:21:55.78
another wellness
center on another island
00:21:55.81\00:21:57.45
because the Pacific Islands
all have the same problem
00:21:57.48\00:21:59.95
with diabetes
and chronic illness.
00:21:59.98\00:22:02.55
I guess in reality
Canvasback has been invited,
00:22:02.58\00:22:05.32
but it takes as you
just said money to do that.
00:22:05.35\00:22:08.36
Yes. Staff and time.
00:22:08.39\00:22:09.72
Yes.
00:22:09.76\00:22:11.09
And we want to
leave the wellness center
00:22:11.13\00:22:13.29
here in Majuro very stable
with some local management
00:22:13.33\00:22:18.40
that can keep the ball rolling.
00:22:18.43\00:22:22.37
Kirstin, thank you so much.
00:22:22.40\00:22:24.01
Appreciate all
the service you do
00:22:24.04\00:22:25.57
and outreach
and everything else.
00:22:25.61\00:22:27.64
Thank you, Jim.
00:22:27.68\00:22:29.54
There is so much more on
impact to come, stay tuned.
00:22:29.58\00:22:32.68
According to the
World Health Organization,
00:22:36.69\00:22:39.15
depression is the leading
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00:22:39.19\00:22:43.12
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I look at that symbol
00:23:36.14\00:23:37.48
and I think about
a different symbol,
00:23:37.51\00:23:39.35
one in a desert
from a long time ago.
00:23:39.38\00:23:42.28
And God was leading
the children of Israel
00:23:42.32\00:23:44.32
through the desert
to the Promised Land.
00:23:44.35\00:23:47.26
But they began complaining,
they didn't like the food.
00:23:47.29\00:23:50.06
They didn't like
this. They didn't like that.
00:23:50.09\00:23:52.39
And the Bible
records that they complained
00:23:52.43\00:23:55.16
because of the way, the
way God was leading them.
00:23:55.20\00:23:58.40
They didn't like the
way God was leading them.
00:23:58.43\00:24:01.60
So the Lord said,
"Okay, I will just back away,
00:24:01.64\00:24:05.51
I will let
everything happen to you
00:24:05.54\00:24:07.44
in a natural
consequences of nature."
00:24:07.48\00:24:11.21
And as he backed
away all of a sudden,
00:24:11.25\00:24:13.78
which was the
norm in this desert,
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.72
there were fiery
serpents that came everywhere.
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.79
They began finding the people,
00:24:18.82\00:24:20.16
began biting the people
00:24:20.19\00:24:21.52
and soon people were
dying continually everywhere.
00:24:21.56\00:24:24.73
And the death was painful.
00:24:24.76\00:24:26.59
It was absolutely painful.
00:24:26.63\00:24:29.60
And finally they're
saying, "Moses, save us,
00:24:29.63\00:24:31.97
talk to God again.
00:24:32.00\00:24:33.34
Please we have
sinned, talk to God."
00:24:33.37\00:24:35.50
Moses prayed to God.
00:24:35.54\00:24:37.17
God said, "Okay Moses, build,
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.17
take a pole and
build a brazen serpent
00:24:39.21\00:24:42.24
out a brass.
00:24:42.28\00:24:43.61
And brazen is brass.
00:24:43.65\00:24:44.98
Build this serpent,
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hang it on a pole and
when the people look at it,
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they'll be healed.
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Didn't seem like
it made much sense
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to anyone except Moses
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because Moses always
followed the direction of God.
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He built that serpent,
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hung it on a pole
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and he commanded
and the people said,
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"Look at it and you will live."
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Now some of the people,
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they thought, "It can't help me,
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.67
I'm not going to look at it."
00:25:08.70\00:25:11.04
And they laid right there.
00:25:11.07\00:25:12.54
And without turning
their heads, they died.
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Other people were so weak,
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.45
they couldn't look
and friends help them,
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.41
said, "Please help me"
00:25:19.45\00:25:20.78
and friends help them
to turn and look and live.
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Others still immediately believe
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and they look and they lived.
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You'll see this
represented Jesus Christ.
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He took sin for us.
00:25:32.26\00:25:34.63
He took that
bite of the serpent,
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that fiery serpent for us.
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He hung on a cross,
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and all we need to
do is look and live.
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Some people no
longer even have sight.
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But Canvasback is
helping those people to look to
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and live a better life right now
00:25:50.98\00:25:52.75
that they might
see for eternity.
00:25:52.78\00:25:54.38
Not only does
Canvasback specialize
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in medical and dental teams
00:26:05.76\00:26:07.33
to help those in
great need of healing,
00:26:07.36\00:26:10.40
but we also work to reverse
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the epidemic of
diabetes among the population.
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It's the number one
killer in the Marshall Islands.
00:26:16.50\00:26:20.54
We are utilizing
every means at our disposal
00:26:20.58\00:26:24.41
to combat this deadly disease.
00:26:24.45\00:26:27.35
We are working to lead
people back to a healthy diet,
00:26:27.38\00:26:30.99
free from so many foods
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.19
that are major
players in diabetes
00:26:33.22\00:26:35.22
and heart disease.
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.19
We are training and
sending out neighborhood teams
00:26:37.23\00:26:40.60
to detect health problems early
00:26:40.63\00:26:43.33
and then offer them
solutions that work.
00:26:43.37\00:26:46.30
We're making
tremendous progress,
00:26:46.33\00:26:48.60
but your help is needed.
00:26:48.64\00:26:50.87
The program has
been highly successful,
00:26:50.91\00:26:53.58
but we must expand
and that takes money.
00:26:53.61\00:26:57.21
The needs are great, but
the solutions are simple.
00:26:57.25\00:27:01.05
Early detection
and teaching with love
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the basic principles of health
00:27:04.39\00:27:06.55
that move people
toward a healthy lifestyle.
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.92
I do hope you will
financially join us
00:27:09.96\00:27:13.53
in helping to
eradicate diabetes,
00:27:13.56\00:27:16.30
the number one killer
in the Marshall Islands
00:27:16.33\00:27:19.00
and beyond.
00:27:19.03\00:27:22.60
To be a part of
this exciting ministry,
00:27:22.64\00:27:24.57
you can write us at
Canvasback Missions,
00:27:24.61\00:27:26.74
940 Adam Street, Suite R,
Benicia, California 94510.
00:27:26.78\00:27:32.75
You can also log
on to canvasback.org
00:27:32.78\00:27:35.12
or call us at (707) 746-7828.
00:27:35.15\00:27:39.82
Thank you for watching.
00:27:39.85\00:27:41.19
Please join me again
00:27:41.22\00:27:42.56
for another
exciting island adventure
00:27:42.59\00:27:43.99
because remember,
00:27:44.03\00:27:45.36
Canvasback is making an
impact on hearts and lives
00:27:45.39\00:27:48.33
one miracle at a time.
00:27:48.36\00:27:50.10