TUVALU-NEWS.TV

10th of May 1861, the first missionary arrived in Nukulaelae island which places to the south of Tuvalu. 10th of May 2011, 150 years have passed since then and they celebrated the 150th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity.
Not only Nukulaelae, but also all other islands of Tuvalu celebrated this day in each island because the missionary went to there as well after the propagation in Nukulaelae. But Nukulaelae where the first missionary came held the biggest celebration.
The celebration had been held for 3 days from 9th of May to 11th of May. Participants enjoyed local food and dance every day. The program for last day was visiting islets where the missionary arrived and the religious ritual was performed in those days. All the participants traced the history of 150 years and also enjoyed beautiful Nukulaelae lagoon.

3rd of May 2011, 6 members of Taiwan ICDF (International Cooperation and Development Fund) Medical team arrived in Tuvalu. They had stayed for 1 week until 12th of May and treated the patients for free at the Princes Margaret Hospital in the capital Funafuti. Medical team also gave the technical assistance for the doctors and the advices about the hospital management systems to improve the medical treatment of Tuvalu.
In Tuvalu, some patients who get serious sickness have to go to Fiji to get advanced treatment. However, it occasionally happens that is too late for treatment. To improve the medical treatment skills means to rescue the life as much as possible. We expect that Taiwan medical team’s assistance improve the medical treatment skills of Tuvalu, and also we hope that this kind of assistance will continue for Tuvalu from now on.

Tuvalu Game 2011 had been held in Funafuti from 26th to 30th of April. Tuvalu Game is an annual national sports game in Tuvalu. During Tuvalu Game, plenty people who live in outer islands visit capital Funafuti to watch the game and whole Tuvalu is filled with the big excitement.
In this game, they compete between each island in many events such as track and field events, soccer, badminton and so on.
They decide the championship island team through the amount of gold medals. This time Nukufetau team won the championship.

7th of May 2011, Taiwan embassy in Tuvalu held the sports game to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Republic of China’s National Foundation at Nauti Primary School in capital Funafuti.
Taiwan embassy stuffs, Tuvalu government officers, primary school students and some foreign people who live in Tuvalu attended this sports game to celebrate the anniversary together.
At the opening address, His Excellency Larry, ambassador of Taiwan embassy in Tuvalu, expressed the big pleasure to reach the centennial anniversary and enthusiasms to improve the relationship between Taiwan and Tuvalu. Ambassador also said; “I would like people here, especially children, to know the pleasure of the sports. I am really happy if this sports game could be an opportunity to promote their health management.”