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New housing which makes an effort to combine the best of both worlds, appears in Bairiki village, top left. The walls of the houses are made from modern materials while the roofs are thatched. Co-operative ventures have been fairly successful in the GEIC: Above right, a Betio co-operative store selling local handicraft. Much of the craft is sold to OXFAM which sells the goods at a better profit to raise money for relief work. Left, postage stamps are another means of raising money in the GEIC. Here the chief post master, Mr. Burroughs, stamps first day covers on Betio. The GEIC is also relieving economic pressures by encouraging men to go to sea as officers and crew of international ships. Above, students at the Merchant Marine Training School at Betio are trained in rope splicing by a ships' officer, K. J. Barnett, seconded from the China Navigation Company.