KOHWA’s Healthy Home Project solicits donors to help needy and deserving Pohnpeians
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Written by Bill Jaynes
March 13, 2021
Pohnpei—Several months ago, Willy Kostka, Director of Micronesia Conservation Trust and a member of the Board of Advisors of KOHWA, posted on social media his concern for people in Pohnpei who live in substandard housing who have no resources to make their physical surroundings better—safer. He wondered what impact 1000 people donating $10 each per month could have on the lives of Pohnpeians in dire straits.
KOHWA, a local NGO that has been in existence since 2019, heard that call and started working toward making it happen. They are calling the program the Healthy Homes Project targeting senior or disabled citizens with little to no source of income. The first home they are attempting to renovate belongs to a family in Wapar, Madolenihmw and was selected by agreement of all of the members.