OMR - Pukapuka - a wonderful island, with warm and friendly people that needs urgent help
OMR - Pukapuka - a wonderful island, with warm and friendly people that needs urgent help
Pukapuka is the most isolated of the northern Cook Islands, situated more than 1000 Km north of Rarotonga (Raro for the local people).
The Escape magazine (www.escapemagazine.travel) issue 14 june 2011 called it "splendid isolation". They say the people live "in harmony with the environment" and that biodiversity and food resources are always being protected.
While this is true for the food resources whose consumption and repopulation is controlled, we found a different situation about the environment, the lifestyle in relation with it and as consequence of the change from the traditional life to the modern life brought many problems that require immediate attention.
OMR - Cook islands - Voyage to Pukapuka
Raro - 23 November 2011
The Kwai vessel, an important resource for the islanders in the Pacific has arrived to Rarotonga some days ago coming from Hawaii through Kiribas.
We met Captain Brad and his crew consituted by experienced sailors form several countries (his family) and we'll leave Rarotonga to reach Pukapuka, the most isolated of the Northern Islands, also called Danger Island for the reef that does not allow big boats to land.
The trip should require less than a week. the vessel, very amazing and unusual for a cargo boat, has engine and and a lot of sails.
Before reaching Pukpuka, we'll pass by Palmerston and the small island Nassau, for the Cargo operations of the boat and to drop or get some passengers onboard.
Mauke raised atoll - a wonderful green and hospitable island
We are continuing our expedition visiting Mauke a volcanic island surrounded by a raised fossilized coral reef deep up to 1000 metres inland.
The quiteness of this land, the cheerfulness and the hospitality of the people, give to this island a particular atmosphere and feeling.
There are only a few tourists here, only some cars and motorbikes, and many bicycles.
There are no tarred roads but paths bordered by tiare flowers with its inebriating fragrance.
Herds of pigs, goats, and chickens run freely and cross the roads everywhere, most of which represent an important food resource.
Everyday life here is more peaceful, essential, and this is what makes this island fascinating.
There are less facilities here to be connected with the Internet but with the help and expertise of our friend Teokotai Dennis Tararo, or simply Dennis, we'll be able to bring you some images and videos from this beautiful island during our trip.
We'll explore the inland with the lush vegetation, the reef and its caves, and share the everyday life of its inhabitants.
OMR - Cook Islands - 3D technology
Here are some samples of our 3D technology.
A bat from Takitumu Conservation Area.
A 3D view of One Foot Island
To view them you need red/cyan glasses.
3D videos coming soon
OMR - Cook Islands
Rarotonga, Takitumu Conservation Area
The Takitumu Conservation Area is located in Titikaveka, in the southeast of Rarotonga.
The reserve has been created to protect from extinction one of the protagonist of the biodiversity of Cook Islands: The Kakerori (or Rarotongan Flycatcher) as well as other rare endemic species of birds like the i'oi (Rarotonga starling) and many others.
OMR - Cook Islands
Rarotonga, 8 October 2011
We are in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, resuming our expedition that will lead us to discover one of the most fascinating countries for biodiversity and interesting for the mix of different cultures and populations that try to live in harmony on this land preserving the ability to remain serene and enjoy their life despite the depression that spares no countries and contributes to create competition for work or attitudes of intolerance that have nothing to do with work issues.
Intolerance is often daughter of ignorance and fear.
The ignorance of other's feelings, needs, or habits and the fear to loose own particular character for the influx of foreigners.
Hon. Wilkie Rasmussen, lawyer, formerly co-president or the joint parliament for Africa, Caribbean and EU-Pacific, when he was immigration minister of Cook Islands, until mid 2009, faced the problem trying to understand the causes and the needs of Cook Islanders and foreigners, rather than applying the law brutally or unfairly.
Cook Islands are continuously increasing their relationships with foreign countries.
By exchanging notes, The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Hon. Tom Marsters, and the Foreign Minister of Netherland have established diplomatic relations after the full recognition by Netherland of the sovranity and independence of Cook Islands.
The relations will strenghten the relations between Cook Islands and Europe.
Cook Islands, infact, also as part of the ACP (African, Caribeean, Pacific) Group is involved in negotiations with European Union, with the participation of Hon Teina Bishop, of an Economic Partnership Agreemnt (EPA) regarding Pacific Trade and Fisheries.
Cook Islands has also strenghtned relations, together with other Pacific Countries, with the Republic of Korea, to expand the cooperation in the areas of development and to solve problems about environmental and climate change.
We have met today, at the 2011 Independence Day Festival and Celebration, the Fijian community, that counts about 500 people, a considerable number, with respect to the size of the island.
Their hospitality, their coral singing and speeches, their interesting and funny dance exhibitions, their food, nutrient and very tasteful, expertly cooked, their sense of humor, have left us the desire to know better Fiji and their inhabitants.
We feel we have much to learn from Fiji people and their rich culture has many fascinating aspects, probably also due to the number of ethnic groups that all together form the Fijan community and represent the Fiji country.
OMR - Phase three - resuming the project
After more than one year we are finally resuming the third phase of our project.
The San Giuseppe Moscati hospital in Avellino has infact granted to the nurse Carnela Vigliotta the non remunerated temporay leave based on the recent lay of 4th November 2010 n. 183, well known as "collegato al lavoro", that allows public employees up to 12 months of non remunarated temporary leave of absence to start a professional activity or business.
Our project, in cooperation with the ONG "Voci di Popoli del Mondo" will take us to visit some countries in Oceania, for the realization of a nature-anthropological documentary and a reportage to avaluate the feasibility of beginning Health Cooperation interventions in cooperation with the local authorities.
The documentary will be published in DVD and broadcasted on the Internet by a large network of servers.
On the pages of this website we'll publish, in the next months, some updates on this project.
We thank all who are collaborating and will cooperate to the realization of this venture about which we'll communicate more informations soon.
Finalmente, dopo oltre un anno di attesa, il nostro progetto può riprendere.
L'Azienda Ospedaliera Moscati di Avellino ha infatti concesso all'infermiera Carmela Vigliotta un periodo di aspettativa non retribuita, sulla base della recente entrata in vigore della legge del 4 Novembre 2010 n. 183, altrimenti conosciuta come "Collegato al Lavoro" che consente ai dipendenti pubblici fino a dodici mesi di aspettativa per aprire una partita IVA o intraprendere un'attività imprenditoriale.
Il nostro progetto, in collaborazione con la ONG "Voci di Popoli del Mondo" ci porterà a visitare alcuni paesi dell'Oceania per la realizzazione di un documentario naturalistico e socio/antropologico ed un reportage per la valutazione di interventi di Cooperazione Sanitaria Internazionale con le popolazioni e le strutture locali.
Il documentario sarà pubblicato in DVD ad alta definizione e trasmesso via Internet attraverso una grande rete di server.
Sulle pagine di questo sito saranno pubblicati, nei prossimi mesi, gli aggiornamenti sullo sviluppo del progetto.
Ringraziamo tutti quanti hanno collaborato e stanno collaborando alla realizzazione di questa iniziativa e di cui vi comunicheremo maggiori informazioni a partire dai prossimi giorni.
OMR project
E-MOTION CREATIONS di Pierfrancesco Armati http://emoc.com and ONG VPM http://ongvpm.org have started the realization of a nature and anthropological documentary in Oceania and a reportage to evaluate the feasibility of projects of Health Cooperation in some South Pacific areas.
Pierfrancesco Armati (pen-name: Pier Matì) is an independent photographer and filmaker. Carmela Vigliotta, collaborator of the ONG, is a nurse working in the cardiology ward of San Giuseppe Moscati hospital in Avellino, Italy.
Video and images by Pier Matì and Carnela Vigliotta
La E-MOTION CREATIONS di Pierfrancesco Armati http://emoc.com e la ONG VPM http://ongvpm.org hanno inizato la realizzazione di un documentario naturalistico in Oceania e un reportage per valutare la realizzazione di progetti di Cooperazione Sanitaria in alcune aree del Sud Pacifico. Pierfrancesco Armati (in arte Pier Matì) è fotografo e filmaker freelance. La collaboratrice dell'ONG Carmela Vigliotta è in servizio presso il reparto di cardiologia dell'Azienda Ospedaliera San Giuseppe Moscati di Avellino.
Video e immagini di Pier Matì e Carmela Vigliotta
OMR - Tonga Islands
We are now in Tonga, to continue our documentary looking for the last surviving examples of traditional lifestyle in harmony with the environment.
