sp reporter: isaac marty told us his $4 an hour newaper job barely paid for food, making leaving the islands the only option to make sense. >> i love the islands. this is where i was born and grew up. and i don't want to leave the islands, but then i have no other choice but to try to make some living for my family. >> reporter: but moving from here is expensive. so his wife, amelia, and two of their kids were the first to leave in april of last year for salem, oregon, while isaac and his son isaiah stayed behind, bunking with relatives. there are nightly call amelia in salem, not knowing if it will be months or years before they'll all be reunited. in the school, 80 kids didn't show up on opening day because they andh r families had left, and many of his remaining classmates can't afford school supplies.a poverty hage impact on education throughout the calands. also limited: mecare here: no kidney dialysis, no cancer care. even basic care is in short supply. isc marty found himself frustrated, whether it was one of the kids needing treatment for an ailment, or his wife amia, battlin