LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE POHNPEI COVID-19 TASK FORCE / PRRC TO Senior Vice President/Chief Operation Officer OF THE BANK OF FSM MR. JAMES WILSON Jr.

June 14, 2022

Mr. James Wilson Jr.

Senior Vice President/Chief Operation Officer

Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia

Kaselehlie Mr. Wilson,

Mwohn meh koaros, kaping ong Samatail Koht pwehki kisakis en mour oh pwehki kisakis en kapai me e ketkihieng emen emen sapwelme aramas.

Pohnpei ketin kasamwoh komwi ong soanomwi Pehi Sarawi wet. Pohnpei COVID-19 Emergency Taskforce / PRRC men patohwen kaping ong komwi pwehki kupwur mwahu oh kupwuren tohnmetei me komw patohwen kasalehda ni June 11, 2022.

Ninduen omwi patohwan, repatriation me ahpwte wiawio mie mwesen COVID-19 kedierekda nan MMA oh ninduen koasoandihn epwel perehre kan, MMA wia wasa keper sangehr ansou me kosou kan wiawio leledohr ni June 11, 2022. Pwehki met, tohn doadoahk kan sohte kak tungoalenki ansou mwahu ren patohwen winiehda, kamwakelehda oh kaunopada mwahu MMA ong peidi sapahl en sompihr me koasoandier en wiawi ni June 11, 2022. Sang ni kahrepe wet, Pohnpei State Acting Governor Honorable Christina Elnei patohwen pekihda rehn FSM government en kapwandahla peidihn repatraition en ni June 11, 2022 ong ni June 15, 2022, oh ma FSM government patohwen pilada en sohte alehda pekpek wet, ah en sansal me aramas 38 te me kak ketlong/patohlong nan EMU. E sansal me irail kaun en FSM government kan sohte pohnese pekpen kapwandala wet oh irail meh 71 me ketdo/patohdo, oh e pil sansal me emen kaun en FSM government patohla ni ah tungoal ihmw pwehn home quarantine ah luhwe kan koaros ketla/patohla EMU de China Star pwe ren quarantine. Sang ni souitar en kaunopada kan, komw iang pein patohwen kasawih epwel souitar oh soh kesikpe kan.

Ninduen eh sansal, komwi emen me koasoandier en iang ketdo de patohdo nan peidihn sompihr wet oh ket de pato nan EMU de China Star. Ahpw sang ni omwi patohwan me mie me likeilap oh mie peneinei kei me sapwelmanki de tungoalenki seri soakoahiek nan sahi wet, komw pein patohwen sapankihda pere me koasoandieng komwihier o ong me likeilap de peneinei kan me sapwelmanki de tungoalenki seri. Sang ni kupwur mwahu oh kupwuren sapan wet, Pohnpei COVID-19 Emergency Taskforce /PRRC men patohwen pohnese oh patohwen wia aht tungoal kaping lap pahn kupwuromwi. Kalahngan en kupwuromwi maing Mr. James Wilson Jr. oh ni wahu.

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LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM THE POHNPEI COVID-19 TASK FORCE / PRRC TO Senior Vice President/Chief Operation Officer OF THE BANK OF FSM MR. JAMES WILSON Jr.

June 14, 2022

Mr. James Wilson Jr.

Senior Vice President/Chief Operation Officer

Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia

Kaselehlie Mr. Wilson,

At the outset, sincere thanks and gratitude to our Heavenly Father for the gift of life and for all that HE has blessed upon each and every one of us.

Welcome back to your home island of Pohnpei! The Pohnpei Covid-19 Emergency Taskforce / PRRC wishes to extend its appreciation to you for your act of kindness and selflessness during the arrival of the June 11, 2022 repatriation flight.

As you may be aware, the repatriation flight prior to June 11, 2022, had one positive active COVID-19 that was set to be cleared on the day of the June 11th repatriation causing one of the quarantine facilities (MMA) to be on the red zone. This meant that MMA won’t be available as it needs to undergo disinfection and cleaning before it receives the next set of people for quarantine. As such, the Pohnpei State Acting Governor Honorable Christina Elnei requested that the FSM Government delayed the June 11, 2022 repatriation to June 15, 2022, or if it decided to bring in the flight, Pohnpei State could only accommodate 38 people in the quarantine facility at EMU. However, the FSM Government officials completely ignored the request and brought in 71 repatriates (one FSM government official was home quarantined). Consequently, the handling of the June 11, 2022 repatriation flight was the way it was as you personally witnessed it as one of the arriving passengers.

You were one of the passengers that were assigned to the quarantine facility that was already prepared for the flight. Knowing that there were some elderly and some families with children that might not have a room for the night, you offered your room (should there be one reserved in your name) to be given to others. It is with this kind gesture that the Pohnpei COVID-19 Emergency Taskforce wishes to acknowledge and recognize. Again, thank you so much, Mr. James Wilson Jr.