N groups, and a number of women on Ebeye called "Voice of Women" whd raise money for hospital equipment and medical supplies and make up some of thellocal self-help activities on the more urbanized islands. A variety of service programs have been introduced to tha peoples of the Marshall Islands, have waned, and have been re-introduced again. [Even with these various projects, only the surface has been scratched to date, infidentifying the needs and wishes of the people, and in implementing programs dn a long term, consistent basis. K. The Marshallese and Health Plans In contacts with the Marshallese, official and non-official,|there seemed to be general agreement on several issues: l. "We have been studied to death," was a lament heard Fepeatedly both in the urban centers and rural atolls. There is a markedly growing resentment to the many agencies, commissions, scientists, and other groups t§at seem to the Marshallese to be an endless stream of people who come, measurements, conduct surveys, and disappear. ask} questions, do The officials object strongly to the fact that no reports of the findings are made available tq them in their | offficial capacity as the governing body of the Marshall Island . People want results and want to see the outcome of all these studies. 2. There is a growing resentment to the de-facto lack off “proper channels" of official communication. recognition of A very high raniing government official said: "By not working directly through the leadership, the United States could cause ii] feelings amongst the people of the Marshall Is¥ands. they can accelerate the feelings of, Marshall Islands. . . differences of I think should I say, separati§m, within the Any attempt to work from the bottom up cogid bring about opinions, individual griefs, and feelings of] segmentations because the Marshall] Islands as you know is composed of 24 atolls. differently, quite frankly. All think But we have decided to stand united one under the Constitution of the Marshall Islands. Working from the top down, e can use that avenue of the constitution. I think we can accelerate the feeling of unity among The Marshallese have developed a seemingly irrevers le psychology the people." 3. that the U.S. owes them, by right, a comprehensive health care the Marshallese on all the islands and atolls. It is important to stem--for al] feview here the arguments used by the leaders of thought and the leaders of governfnent for such a demand. One high ranking official put it this way: 13 KD