new program opening in samoa

[Anonymous]

Foundation for troubled teens in Samoa will offer financial help for some locals to attend

Posted at 23:22 on 26 August, 2007 UTC

A new facility for troubled male teens in Samoa says scholarships will be offered to suitable applicants.

The Manuia Foundation has just opened its campus on Upolu to rehabilitate delinquent boys aged between 13 and 18 years of age.

Proprietor, Alema Fitisemanu, says there’s been international interest in the inaugural five month programme, which begins in October.

He says although appealing to the wealthy, with a daily charge of $400 US a day for the programme, scholarships will be on offer.

    “This programme is a great programme. It’s basically a very high end programme but we’ve also set aside, knowing a lot of our ethnic families wouldn’t be able to afford this programme, we started a non profit foundation in the United States and in Samoa, to raise money so that we can scholarship kids that we select that we know would definitely thrive on the programme, but can’t afford it.â€

[Anonymous]

Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".

[TheWho]

Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".

Ha,Ha,Ha,....... thats funny...Ha,Ha

[CCM girl 1989]

Did somebody take over the Who? Since he's been back, he seems like such a different person. :question:

[Anonymous]

Did somebody take over the Who?

Lady, if you think I or any other entity is gonna possess this guy, you've gotta lay off the drugs for a night or two.

Even demons have standards.

[Anonymous]

Did somebody take over the Who? Since he's been back, he seems like such a different person. :question:

His daughter sometimes signs in on his name. He said that she spends every weekend at home with him. He claims they have a close relationship and are like "best-friends". I think it's his daughter, she's been signing on a lot lately talking about her program. She really hated it a lot. But now she lives with her dad on the weekends??? I don't get it?!?!?

[Anonymous]

Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".

Yeah there will be a lot of fisting going on. Just like at the last program in Samoa.

[hanzomon4]

Great name, sounds like "A lemme Fisti man u".

Yeah there will be a lot of fisting going on. Just like at the last program in Samoa.

::puke::

Don't google it, for the love of God and all things holy

[Covergaard]

In the WWASP group we were investigating a program, but it did not seem to be WWASP. Some rumors are talking about them expanding on another continent.

Could it be the same program, you are discussing?

http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851

[Ursus]

In the WWASP group we were investigating a program, but it did not seem to be WWASP. Some rumors are talking about them expanding on another continent.

Could it be the same program, you are discussing?

http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851

ABSOLUTELY!! "Lemme fisti-fuck you" appears to be on that one too:

Successful applicant would be expected to be settled in Apia, ready to start by the 1 October 2007.

Email Resume or CV and Job Description requests to:
Manuia Plantation
PO Box 1458

Apia, Samoa
www.manuiaplantation.com

http://www.strugglingteens.com/employme ... ation.html

[Covergaard]

I am not so worried about WWASP in Samoa, but I am afraid that it could be an old player in the game.

http://www.rickross.com/reference/teenb ... oot17.html
http://www.teenliberty.org/Samoan.htm

Mr. Cartisano was last seen in that area of the world and until someone travels out there  and pull the pants of every person named in relation with the program, I think people should be concerned.

We do not even know if the place has something to do with Pacific Coast Academy located in the same town.

http://fornits.com/wiki/index.php/Pacific_Coast_Academy

None knows how he looks today and he could hide under any name he wants. Who wants to visit this god forsaken place?

[Anonymous]

Might also notice the Sudweeks, were involved with Steve Cartisano.
The Sudweeks who ran Whitmore Academy who had been ran out of Canada, Mexico, and plea bargained for Abuse in Utah.
If these birds of feather who flocked togeather open a place, or either one of them, it would be a injustice for any youth enrolled in the program, thanks for the information.  We need to keep an eye open on this new place.
Bunnie

[Anonymous]

Given there is nothing to stop the Suds from opening a program in utah, as long as it's not in Juab County - it seems logical that is where they will do so.  Operating programs out of the U.S. is going to get very difficult in the near future.

[Ursus]

From the Manuia Plantation website:

Sione Tavake grew up in Northern California. He attended University of Utah where he earned a BS in Political Science. Mr. Tavake has vast experience in the juvenile justice system serving as a parole officer, probation officer, foster parent, and tracker. For the last 13 years as Executive Director of New Leaf Alternative a child placement agency serving the State of Utah. Mr. Tavake's personable and high energy personality has allowed him to make friends with everyone he meets, especially the many youth he’s served over the years. He chairs the National Tongan American Society which amongst many things, serves to educate the Polynesian community in the areas of drug/alcohol abuse, diabetes and higher education. His commitment to Manuia Plantation's Core Values reveals itself in his personal and family life. He and his good wife Maile have 6 children and have lived in Draper Utah for 11 years.[/list]
Head Coach (Program Director) / Trainer / Owner

Coach Alema S. Fitisemanu II grew up in Apia and is an authority on Samoan culture and Samoa's tropical island environment. He is thankful for the wisdom gained while part of the management team of Provo Canyon School and Coral Reef Academy Samoa. Each year of experience, 7 years in all, has played a part in solidifying his own beliefs on how to affect change in troubled teens. He has created Manuia Plantation inserting all the necessary components he has come by over the years. He and his wife Geraldine have 5 children of their own and take a hands on approach to their roles as the "Dad and Mom" of Manuia Plantation. Their home over the years has been a place of sanctuary for youth. Whether they lived in Los Angeles, San Diego, Provo UT or Samoa, it is not unusual to find a house-full of youth, over for dinner or just to spend time with their family. Coach Fitisemanu has a BA in Political Science from Brigham Young University and has vast experience in team sports and physical fitness, having played on several championship college football teams including having been inducted in the Brigham Young University Sports Hall of Fame as a member of their 1984 National Championship Football Team. His hobbies are reading, scuba diving, travelling, watching rugby and playing with his kids. Coach lives permanently in Samoa and supervises all student activities.

http://www.manuiaplantation.com/staff-bios.html

Manuia Plantation Core Values[/b]

Character/Integrity, Personal Responsibility, Respect, Gratitude, Humility, Love and Honor

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." – G. Eliot

Manuia Plantation or 'MP' uses a unique 'team setting' to teach core values. It uses the Samoan tropical island environment to create 'mountain top' experiences where all activities are designed to intensify learning and teach our core values.

MP has 5 levels. Each level has required tasks to complete to advance to the next level. Each task teaches a core value.

ALL Levels require: teamwork, leadership, goal setting, personal sacrifice, commitment, service, learning culture & language, facilitating cultural activities at the program culture center, song, dance, art, 'fautasi' long boat rowing, hiking, cooking, planting/harvesting, family heritage/genealogy, personal growth activities, education and therapy.

The MP educational component offers BYU Independent Study Courses to work towards diploma requirements; in addition, as part of level advancement, students are required to complete a 'personal development' curriculum that range in topics such as 'examining the lives of the Founding Fathers' to 'developing character' to even 'financial literacy.'

http://www.manuiaplantation.com/program ... ation.html[/list]

[Ursus]

There are a couple of small, potentially coincidental pieces of this puzzle which might point to Steven Cartisano's involvement here.  The Utah connections appear to be there, no surprise here.  However, two other locations that Cartisano has been known to be active in recently are Arizona and Oklahoma.

Regarding previous program (now defunct), Pacific Coast Academy (2000):

"The Americans involved are reportedly

Steve Cartisano (aka Steve Michaels) of Arizona and Lonnie Fuller who is said to be still in samoa. Neither of them is on the telephone directory, nor is that other company they are supposed to represent, Pacific Coast Academy."

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"The problem though is that Cartisano is no longer around. He has returned to
the United States where he could not be reached for a comment. But before he
left, he managed to cash a string of US bank cheques in a local bank
totaling about $25,000 and using New Hope Academy as guarantor.

Issued by OSU Community Federal Credit Union of Oklahoma to "Stepehn
Cartisano", all the cheques were returned as there were no funds to cover
them. Wakefield said he had since paid the debt to the bank in installments
"to protect the integrity of the bankers involved." Now he wants Cartisano
to pay back the money so that he could pay his local creditors."

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"Although the programme's Web page lists a Mesa, Ariz, mailing address, Mesa city officials say they have no record of a business license for the academy, or Pacific Coast Foundation, a so-called "outdoor intervention referral service" using the same phone number as Pacific Coast Academy (PCA).

PCA bills itself as a nonprofit organization, and all non-profits in Arizona are required to register with the secretary of state's office. The state has no record of either the academy or foundation. The toll-free phone number for PCA rings through to an office in Stillwater, Okla, where Cartisano resides much of the year. However, a statement sent to The Salt Lake Tribune via e-mail maintains Cartisano has no involvement in the operation of PCA."
http://www.teenliberty.org/Samoan.htm[/list]

Regarding program of current interest, Manuia Plantation (2007):

This is the information of godaddy for the domain registration:

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15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
http://wwf.fornits.com/viewtopic.php?t=22851


"Staff receive 'Residential Child and Youth Care Professional' training as developed by The University of Oklahoma National Resource Center for Youth Services..."
http://www.manuiaplantation.com/program ... ation.html[/list]