Welcome
Wenimomoto and welcome to the virtual home of the Raatior Ventures. You can find information about me, the services I can provide, and the social enterprises that we either lead or support through our paid services. You can also find my blog on the issues that I find interesting, encouraging, disconcerting, enlightening, disturbing,...
Services
Do you need help with your school’s academic and technological needs? Are you in need of a marketing and public relations coordinator for your nonprofit organization, business, political campaign or civic association? Do you want to take advantage of the social networking opportunities such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn,...
Projects
When I’m not at my daytime job at Santa Clara University and my full-time gigs as husband and dad, you can find me working on my projects. These are work of love and ways to keep me focused on the needs of others…something I learned from the Jesuits who trained me. These are not projects that will change the world, but hopefully...
Women’s center launched new website
Happy to announce the successful launch of the new website for the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center (www.wawc.org), a local “strength-based family resource center.” This is an especially gratifying project because my lovely wife Desha is a member of the Board of Directors for this great organization. From the start it looked like it was going to take forever to get it done. Thanks to Cita who rallied the troops and we were able to launch their site.
Read MorePassing of a great Micronesian role model
I join my fellow Micronesians in mourning the death of one of our founding fathers, the late Chief Justice Andon Amaraich who passed away on January 26, 2010 at Straub Hospital in Honolulu. Amafel Amaraich was one of the founding fathers of our nation who came from one of the small outer islands in the Mortlocks. Most notable during his long career in public service was his leadership in the negotiation of our treaty called the Compact of Free Association with the U.S., and his personal involvement in drafting the FSM Constitution. He also left his mark on the global community as the first Secretary of the FSM Department of External Affairs before his appointment to the FSM Supreme Court. At a time when Chuuk suffers from seemingly endless negativity, the life and legacy of this great man and public servant shall stand forever as our inspiration.
Read More$2.4 million CIP Funds: Here we go again!
The FSM Public Information Office has just announced (Presidential Order to release CIP Funds to Chuuk Municipalities) the signing of a Presidential Order releasing $2.4 million worth of Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds to the Chuuk State municipalities. These Compact funds, according to the press release, were given to “the rightful owners” to help alleviate the “current economic hardships” in Chuuk. This decision by President Mori came after years of failed negotiations with our inept Chuuk State government to establish proper accountability procedures in Compact spending. So, is this welcomed news or should every Chuukese citizen be worried?
Read MoreKiva loans
I have microlent to:
Mugandu Group, Kihihi
| Location: | Uganda, Kihihi |
| Activity: | Livestock |
I am Vid Raatior, an international educator, web designer, social entrepreneur, and blogger from the outer islands of Chuuk, Micronesia. I live in Northern California and work at Santa Clara University. 
