Kiribati [rozklad stron tylko na podglad] LQ

Some facts about the Republic of <strong>Kiribati</strong>:
• The Republic of <strong>Kiribati</strong> consists
of 21 inhabited coral tolls (33 atolls
in all), stretching across 5,000,000
square kms of ocean in the Central
Pacific. The atolls lie north and
south of the Equator and east and
west of International Date Line.
• Formerly the Gilbert, Phoenix
and Line Islands, <strong>Kiribati</strong> was
a British Protectorate until 1979,
when Independence from Britain
was gained.
• People are Micronesian. Most people live
a subsistence style of life. Tarawa, the main island is
the seat of Government and the centre for education
and medical help. Approximately, 10% of the
people have paid employment. Slowly a pyramid
social structure is evolving with Government
officials dominating the cash economy, with a very
broad bank of unemployed persons at the bottom.
Fishing is the most prominent industry. A small
export fish factory was opened in 2012. There is
a small biscuit factory. Wages are
extremely low. Most labourers
receive $2 per hour.
• I-<strong>Kiribati</strong> live in family (extended
family) groups in villages providing
for their needs from the sea (e.g.,
fish, shell fish, worms, octopus,
tortoise etc). Coconut trees
contribute to the livelihood of
many I-<strong>Kiribati</strong>. Other locally
grown trees which provide food
are: pandanus breadfruit and some
vegetables and fruit, such as pumpkins, bananas,
local cabbages, non-fruit, papaws and taro. Rice
is the main ingredient of their stable diet. People
in <strong>Kiribati</strong> usually have enough food. Very few
families have a refrigerator. Life Expectancy is set
in the mid-fifties.
• <strong>Kiribati</strong> is one of five countries that suffer most
with climate change, because the low-lying island
is most exposed to costal hazards in the text of
climate change.
April 12, 2016 -
Schengen Visa
Email from Mateusz Ratajczak (RMS of
Denver, originally from Poland): “Przemek,
please contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in <strong>Kiribati</strong> as soon as possible. Please ask them
if they know anything about regulation (EU)
No 509/2014 of 15 May 2014. It is amending
Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing
the third world countries whose nationals must
be in possession of visas when crossing the
external borders, and those whose nationals are
exempt from that requirement. It seems that the
Republic of <strong>Kiribati</strong> should be exempt from the
requirement of Schengen visa. The exemption
can be implemented after a bilateral agreement
on visa waiver between EU and <strong>Kiribati</strong>. Please
check the status. This could be extremely helpful
for the youth to go to Poland!”
Przemek to Mateusz (April 14, 2016): “This is
great news! God helped us through. Marlene
Rasmussen arranged an appointment with
Deputy Secretary (Kaates Tooto) in one day.
He did not know about this regulation. He
found out later on, that it was archived and
that’s it! The regulation was sitting there but
no one took the necessary steps in order to
finalize the regulation with bilateral agreement.
We spoke to him today explaining that this
agreement will be of great help for the youth of
<strong>Kiribati</strong>. Then we found out that in 3 days the
European Ambassador is coming to <strong>Kiribati</strong>
to congratulate Mr. Taneti Mamau on the
occasion of winning the presidential elections.
In this moment we really pushed him as we saw
this event as God’s providence. The president
can mention it to the Ambassador and figure
out how to finalize it. Mateusz, thank you again
for giving us this important news. This meeting
was a miracle because tomorrow we are leaving
to Guam to attend classes with Cardinal Cordes
and it was the last moment that we could meet
Mr. Kaates. God is good!”
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