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Marshall Islander Darlene Keju honoured for her fight for nuclear test victims

Book Don't Ever WhisperMarshall Islands advocate for nuclear test victims honoured in Taiwan Overseas Territories Review, 20 June 15 Pacific Scoop:Report – By Pacific Media Watch 
Nineteen years after her death from cancer, Marshall Islander Darlene Keju has been honored in Taiwan with the Global Love of Lives award from a Taipei non-profit foundation. The Chou Ta-Kuan Educational and Cultural Foundation is honoring 19 people from around the world in an annual ceremony launched 18 years ago following the death of the foundation’s namesake, a Taiwanese boy who died at 10 from cancer.
Keju exposed a United States cover up of nuclear test-caused health problems in her islands and later formed the internationally recognised non-profit group Youth to Youth in Health in the Marshall Islands.
She was represented in Taiwan by Marshall Islands Journal newspaper editor Giff Johnson, her husband of 14 years.
The Chou Ta-Kuan Foundation described Keju as “the Environmental Godmother” of the Marshall Islands who revealed the story of the 67 US nuclear weapons tests at Bikini and Enewetak to protect the safety and health of Marshall Islanders.
Darlene Keju’s life story, by her husband Giff Johnson. Giff Johnson published a biography of Keju in 2013 titled, Don’t Ever Whisper — Darlene Keju: Pacific Health Pioneer, Champion for Nuclear Survivors
Keju’s legacy
Keju is the only Pacific islander in the group that is being honored.
Radio Australia’s Richard Ewart spoke to Johnson about Keju’s legacy,
“It’s sad to say that the US nuclear test legacy continues to this day unresolved and that’s one of the reasons why her advocacy 30 years ago is still relevant now,” he said……..http://overseasreview.blogspot.com.au/

June 20, 2015 - Posted by | OCEANIA, opposition to nuclear

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