This community is situated on the opposite side of the island from the main city of Kolonia, where the airport for Pohnpei is also located. The Kapinga community settled here a little over 20 years ago and is comprised of approximately 30 people with about have of that number spending their time here only on the weekends. The adjacent community, which is closer to the main road, are people from Pingelap, an outlying atoll about 90 miles from Pohnpei.

A genetic eye disorder, Achromatopsia, for the Pingelap people places many of them at risk of a rare disorder that cause extreme intolerance to bright light and the inability to see colors. This can be noted by the number of women in the images and the child, that squint or close their eyes. What they do gain from this is the ability to see well at night. It was noted by people in the village that do not have the genetic disorder that at night, while they might need a flashlight, the people with this disorder, could see fine and walked as if it was daylight. At night they can also open there eyes with no discomfort. The word in Pingelapese for this disorder is "maskun" (not see).

On questioning I did find out that a few of the Pingelap women could see some color at times. This is contrary to what I have read of the disorder and adds an interesting variation to the known effects of this genetic disease.