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Finafinau members
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the seventh year in a row, the local non profit organization Finafinau and a team of seven attended the annual week long Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress in Sheperdstown, West Virginia, June 24 - 30, 2023.  This year's team consisted of six members...
Finafinau National Student Council
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 18, Finafinau held their inaugural induction at the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs Tafuna facility and inducted close to 150 youth from three school chapters: Nu’uuli Vocational High School, Samoana High School and Tafuna High School. NVTHS, led by...
 (L-R) Eileen Iosefo-Ale, Petti Matila, Sabrina  Suluai-Mahuka, and Elizabeth Fano
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week Friday, April 9th, local environmental group Finafinau hosted an event entitled Meal with a Mentor at the Lee Auditorium. Generally, Meal with a Mentor is meant to be a catalyst for the community to take a more active role in guiding the youth. The goal is to...
A student planing a tree while others look on.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week on March 19th and March 20th, local environmental group Finafinau hosted the 2021 Sustainability Summit to promote conservation and environmental resilience within the island’s youth. Day one of the event was held at Samoana High School’s cafeteria and was...
Students remove debris from along the shoreline of the Pala Lagoon
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Finafinau, an islandwide community service project, launched the new school year with a collaborative clean up with student leaders from various high schools and from the local community college. The clean up was hosted at Lions Park Saturday, September 12th with local...
Finafinau clean up participants
The amazing group from Finafinau, an islandwide community service project that launched the new school year with a collaborative clean up with student leaders from various high schools and from the local community college. The clean up was hosted at Lions Park Saturday, September 12th with local...
Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka
HONOLULU — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced that Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka, a teacher at Samoana High School in Utulei, American Samoa, is one of ten winners nationwide to receive the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (PIAEE). The PIAEE recognizes...
American Samoa's delegation to the U.N. Enviro Program Conference
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Amidst the ongoing panic and confusion around the world with regards to the coronavirus pandemic, in independent Samoa last week, a positive event took place — one that included the participation of young people from American Samoa. The United Nations Conference on the...
Finafinau members with sign saying save our land, protect our ocean, empower our people
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Finafinau does it again! Recently, members of the Finafinau community service project gained acceptance into two highly competitive environmental programs that provide a platform for young people to inspire a change within their community. The emergence of Finafinau...