The Palau Visitors Authority (PVA) is pleased to announce that the ROCK THE BOAT Night Market will take place on Friday, April 13th at Ernguul Central Park with Pacific Partners as our special guests.
As the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission, Pacific Partnership 2018 involves military personnel from the U.S., United Kingdom, Japan and Australia who visit Pacific communities to conduct medical, dental and veterinary services as well as engineering projects through these communities while working side-by-side with local professionals.
The Pacific Partnership's band, the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet "Deep Six" Bass Band, will be taking time out of their busy mission schedule to perform at the Night Market on April 13th and entertain the crowd with different genres of music. In addition, the medical team will be on hand for emergency services and to promote the clinic.
As a humanitarian response to the 2004 tsunami that devastated parts of Southeast Asia, the Pacific Partnership, in its 13th iteration, builds on the region’s shared goal to strengthen national capacities and preparedness for disaster response. 22 partner nations around the globe in 18 host nations in the region have participated since 2006, and from that time have provided medical care to more than 300,000 patients and veterinary services to nearly 40,000 animals and completed nearly 200 engineering projects while building meaningful and close partnerships throughout the region.
Now here in Palau, the USNS Brunswick will visit until April 16th. Specially configured for humanitarian and disaster relief operations, USNS Brunswick is currently capable of accommodating a robust multi-specialized team of 134 medical, engineering and civic assistance personnel to support the Pacific Partnership mission. For more information or to view where they've been so far on this tour, visit their web site https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/PacificPartnership or https://www.facebook.com/pacificpartnership.
April 13th's Night Market will also include children's games, traditional and contemporary dance performances, as well as vendors selling and displaying favorite flavors and great gift ideas. The deadline to sign up for the Night Market will be Thursday, April 12th at 4:00pm so please reserve your booth space early. For more information, contact 488-1930/2793 to talk with Katarina Mad or Api-Sai Wasisang.
