OMR - Back home for editing
Our expedition in Cook Islands and Tonga Islands has been completed.
OMR - Tonga Islands
29-01-2012
We are now in Tonga, to continue our documentary looking for the last surviving examples of traditional lifestyle in harmony with the environment.
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.
Oceania: Myth and Reality
South Pacific Islands are spread on a surface of millions of square km. They include countries very different for hystory, language, traditions but that share the same feeling of living in full contact with nature and the immensity of the ocean and its marine environment.
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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.
OMR - News - 2 Novembre 2010 - Il tentativo di Conciliazione
A seguito della ulteriore recente negazione dell'aspettativa da parte del Direttore dell'Azienda Ospedaliera Moscati, Giuseppe Rosato, l'infermiera, circa un mese fa, ha richiesto la procedura di Conciliazione.
OMR - News - 2 Settembre 2010
Ancora nessuna novità positiva in merito alla concessione dell'aspettativa non retribuita all'infermiera per procedere con il nostro progetto.
OMR - News - 30 Agosto 2010 - l'ennesima presa in giro
Alcune settimane fa, il nostro Avvocato ha inviato a sette persone responsabili dell'Ospedale Moscati dal Direttore Generale a scendere fino ai coordinatori, una diffida a concedere l'aspettativa entro tre giorni.
OMR - News - 3 Agosto 2010
Martedì 3 Agosto 2010 Ulteriori notizie sull'avanzamento del progetto. Ecco perché ci sentiamo presi in giro dai dirigenti dell'Ospedale Moscati di Avellino.
Parque Nacional Canaima
The Canaima National Park, in Bolivar state, South-East of Venezuela, is an incredible vast and multiform environment of more than 30,000 square Km, bordering Brazil and Guyana, and including the watershed of the Caroni River (a big river of the Orinoco basin), an important water resource for the whole region.
News from Cook Islands
Cook Islands newspapers and magazines
Polynesia: Myth and Reality
French Polynesia is a group of about 130 islands spread across a surface of more than 3,000.000 square Km in the South Pacific Ocean.
Margarita: The island of fishes and birds
Isla Margarita is one of the few islands that constitute the State of Nueva Esparta. It is located about 40 Km off Venezuela's mainland coast.
Los Roques: The Archipelago National Park in Venezuela
Los Roques Archipelago is a group of islands situated about 130 Km north of the coast of Venezuela mainland, in the Caribbean Sea.
Seychelles: an harmonious mix of cultures and nature beauties
The Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands situated between Africa, Madagascar and India / Sri Lanka .
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 - Phase three
The first and second phase of the OMR Documentary and Reportage Project have ended. Phase three will start about June 2010.
