Partner Recipients

 

Alphabetical List of Partner Recipients

 

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‘Ahahui Siwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei

 

H

Hale Ku‘ai Cooperative

Hawaiian Community Assets

Healani Canoe Club

Hui Kako‘o ‘Aina Ho‘opulapula

 

K

Kanu o Ka 'Aina
Ke Kula Ni'ihau o Kekaha Learning Center

M

Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike

 

N

Na Lei Na‘auao Alliance

Na Pualei o Likolehua

Nanakuli Housing Corporation

Native Hawaiian Bar Association

Native Hawaiian Economic Alliance

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

 

P

Papa Ola Lokahi

Papakolea Community Development Corporation

Papaku no Kameha‘ikana
Partners in Development

 

R

The Reverend Joel Hulu Mahoe Resource Center

 

S

State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations

 

 

 

List of Partner Recipients by Area of Service

 

Community Advocacy

Native Hawaiian Bar Association

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

The Reverend Joel Hulu Mahoe Resource Center

State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations

 

Education & Culture

‘Ahahui Siwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei

Healani Canoe Club
Kanu o Ka 'Aina
Ke Kula Ni'ihau o Kekaha Learning Center
Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike

Na Lei Na‘auao Alliance

Na Pualei o Likolehua

Papaku no Kameha‘ikana

Partners in Development

 

Health & Social Services

Papa Ola Lokahi

Papakolea Community Development Corporation

 

Housing & Economic Development

Hale Ku‘ai Cooperative

Hawaiian Community Assets

Hui Kako‘o ‘Aina Ho‘opulapula

Nanakuli Housing Corporation

Native Hawaiian Economic Alliance

 

 

2004-2005 Partner Recipient Applicants

 

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‘Ahahui Siwila Hawai‘i O Kapolei

P.O. Box 700007

Kapolei, HI  96809-0007

Phone: 808-681-5076

Fax: 808-681-5076

 

 

This Kapolei Hawaiian Civic Club's mission is to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian culture, history, arts and language through its education and scholarship programs and to restore indigenous and endemic plants throughout its native gardens.

 

Dedication of Kamokila Kahili, made by members, which was later displayed at the Kapolei Library.

Putney Travel children learning hula

Putney Travel children learning crafts (ipu heke).

Kapuaikaula Makahiki - arrival at Hickam Harbor Beach. Kapuaikaula Makahiki. Makahiki ho`okupu presentation.

 

 

Hale Ku‘ai Cooperative

P.O. Box 967

Kailua, HI  96734

E-mail: malamaonakii@hawaii.rr.com

 

 

Promoting Native Hawaiian artisans, crafter's and food producers, this consumer cooperative supports Native Hawaiian entrepreneurship by providing a retail outlet for products made by Native Hawaiians.

 

Hale Ku`ai's signature "Buy Native Hawaiian" sticker and guest book.

Hale Ku`ai store in Hau`ula.

Hale Ku`ai members Cathy and Creighton Mattoon.  Cathy is president of the Ko`olauloa Hawaiian Civic Club.  The Ko`olauloa Hawaiian Civic Club sponsored Hale Ku`ai to run the Native Hawaiian Producer Project.

 

 

Hawaiian Community Assets

900 Fort Street Mall, Suite #930

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-587-7886

Fax: 808-587-7899
E-mail: info@hawaiiancommunity.net

Web Site: www.hawaiiancommunity.net

 

 

Dedicated to increasing homeownership opportunities for Hawai‘i’s low and moderate income families, Hawaiian Community Assets (HCA) operates financial literacy classes, homebuyer education and home loan origination services. HCA assists families to achieve economic self-sufficiency through homeownership.

 

 

Healani Canoe Club

748 Ahuwale Street

Honolulu, HI  96821

Phone: 554-9226

E-mail: ppaiaina@aol.com

Web Site: www.gohealanigo.org

 

 

Supporting and preserving the sport of Hawaiian canoe racing, the Club provides instruction in outrigger canoe paddling techniques and competitive racing while perpetuating Hawaiian values and culture through its coaching methods and events.

 

 

Hui Kako‘o ‘Aina Ho‘opulapula

P.O. Box 37958

Honolulu, HI  96837

Phone: 808-262-5299

E-mail: hui_kakoo@hotmail.com

 

 

A statewide organization representing more than 20,000 families on the Hawaiian Homes Lands Trust waiting list, Hui Kako‘o focuses on development plans that include affordable housing opportunities and services that meet the vision of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole.

 

 

Kanu o Ka 'Aina
P.O. Box 6511
Kamuela, HI 96743
Phone: 808-887-1117
Email: kaiulani@kalo.org

 

 

 

This charter school emcompasses the unique balance of a culturally-driven Hawaiian curriculum with a standards-based assessment that is supported by the research and innovations of Kanu o Ka 'Aina. Grounded in ancient Hawaiian values and an aggressive academic program, Kanu o Ka 'Aina will prevail as an innovative learning system for the modern Hawaiian.

 

Ke Kula Ni'ihau o Kekaha Learning Center
P.O. Box 129
Kekaha, HI 96752
Phone: 808-337-0481

Fax: 808-337-1289

 

 

Ke Kula Ni'ihau o Kekaha Learning Center is a charter school that is strengthening and perpetuating the Ni'ihau dialect of the Hawaiian Language through a curriculum based on Hawaiian and English standards. As as educational institution, their objective is to create a hunger for learning.

 

 

Ma Ka Hana Ka ‘Ike (Hana School Building Program)

P.O. Box 968

Hana, HI  96713

Phone: 808-248-8581

E-mail: rutiz@hanabuildingprogram.com

 

 

This program located in Hana, Maui, substitutes textbooks with tools and classroom work with hands-on training, resulting in new buildings for the Hana School District and home improvements for local kupuna. The program is centered on the youth of greater Hana, particularly at-risk students.

 

 

Na Lei Na‘auao Alliance

P.O. Box 6511

Kamuela, HI  96743

Phone: 808-887-1117

E-mail: kaiulani@kalo.com

 

 

Na Lei Na‘auao, the Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, supports 13 Hawaiian-focused public charter schools that share a common educational philosophy of establishing models of education that are community-designed and controlled, and reflect, respect and embrace Hawaiian cultural values, philosophies and ideologies. The 13 schools, which are located in some of Hawaii's most rural areas on three islands, service over 1,000 students.

 

 

Na Pualei o Likolehua

P.O. Box 999

Honolulu, HI  96808

Phone: 808-646-0056

 

 

This award winning halau seeks to preserve authentic Hawaiian culture.  Since its inception in 1976, this halau maintains and perpetuates the ethics of hula, a valuable link to understanding Hawai‘i’s past.  By training women to become knowledgeable teachers for future generations, Na Pualei o Likolehua ensures traditional practices will endure through time.

 

Kumu Hula Leinaala Kalama Heine is pictured with her granddaughter Maluhia Hirahara. Na Pualei performs at CNHA's Annual Native Hawaiian Conference. Na Pualei performs at CNHA's Annual Native Hawaiian Conference.

 

 

Nanakuli Housing Corporation

P.O. Box 17489

Honolulu, HI  96817

Phone: 808-842-0770

Fax: 808-842-0780

E-mail: info@baseyardhawaii.com

Web Site: www.baseyard.com

 

 

Nanakuli Housing Corporation (NHC) originated from the Leeward Coast of Oahu to mobilize community resources to eliminate dilapidated homes in the community. NHC provides homeownership education to increase mortgage loan eligibility for low-income families and operates a base yard center to assist low-income families and elderly repair and renovate their homes using recycled construction materials.

 

Bert Barber working at Base Yard.

Homesteaders picking up ceramic tiles purchased at Base Yard.

Homesteaders picking up carpets purchased at Base Yard.

One of Nanakuli Housing Corporation's recent home ownership education classes. Nanakuli Housing Corporation's Construction Entrepreneur Class. Waianae Valley homeowner, George Kawelo, Sr. renovated his home with materials purchased from Base Yard.

 

 

Native Hawaiian Bar Association

P.O. Box 1170

Honolulu, HI  96807

E-mail: info@hawaiianbar.org

Web Site: www.hawaiianbar.org

 

 

This association of lawyers, judges and other legal professionals of Hawaiian ancestry strives for justice and effective legal representation for all people of Hawaiian ancestry.  NHBA also trains practitioners of traditional Hawaiian peacemaking through its Ho‘oponopono Project.

 

Native Hawaiian Bar Association board members.

 

 

Native Hawaiian Economic Alliance

33 South King Street, Suite 513

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-521-5011

Fax: 808-521-4111

E-mail: info@nativealliance.com

Web Site: www.nativealliance.com

 

 

This collaborative partnership of Native Hawaiian-owned businesses focuses on communal approaches to promoting economic development, Hawaii's economy, job creation and training, as well as the social well-being of communities.

 

 

 

Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1205

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-521-2302

 

 

This is the only nonprofit public interest law firm specializing in Hawaiian land and traditional rights such as water for taro and access to shoreline fishing areas. Since 1974, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) has provided affordable and effective legal services to individuals and families who might not otherwise have the resources to access such services.

 

 

 

Papa Ola Lokahi

894 Queen Street

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-597-6550

Fax: 808-597-6551 or 808-597-6552

E-mail: hspoehr@papaolalokahi.org

Web Site: www.papaolalokahi.org

 

 

With an emphasis in Native Hawaiian health issues, including disease prevention and native healing practices, Papa Ola Lokahi focuses on improving the physical, mental and spiritual wellness of Native Hawaiian communities.

 

 

 

Papakolea Community Development Corporation

2150 Tantalus Drive

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-520-8998

E-mail: pcdc@papakolea.org

Web Site: www.papakolea.org

 

 

Located within the Hawaiian Home Lands community of Papakolea, situated mauka of urban Honolulu, PCDC delivers community-based programs to its community and surrounding areas that include educational, youth, social services, economic, spiritual and health. PCDC is a remarkable example of residents in action and taking back communities for a healthy future.

 

 

 

Papaku no Kameha‘ikana

2034 Haalelea Place

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-306-6100

E-mail: pauahiioane@aol.com

 

 

Papaku no Kameha‘ikana, Foundation for the Multitude of Descendants, plans, organizes and coordinates activities that promote Native Hawaiian cultural practices, enabling participants to share and reciprocate with other indigenous peoples throughout Polynesia.  Papaku no Kameha‘ikana serves children and families through community service, educational events and perpetuation of cultural protocol.

 

 

Partners in Development
2040 Bachelot Street
Honolulu, HI
96817
Phone: 808-595-2752
Fax: 808-595-4932
E-mail:
pid@pidfoundation.org

Web Site: www.pidfoundation.org

 

 

Partners in Development operates innovatice programs in education, economic development, environmental issues and community health. Its Tutu & Me program is a traveling preschool program that addresses the developmental needs of young children and their tutu (grandparents), often the primary caregivers. Other programs include youth mentoring and entrepreneurship with Hawaiian culture at its center, as well as programming in foster parenting for the keiki of Hawaii.

 

Circle time

Traveling preschool

Child development

 

 

The Reverend Joel Hulu Mahoe Resource Center

P.O. Box 970870

Waipahu, HI  96797 - 0870

Phone: 808-677-8900

Fax: 808-671-8901

E-mail: reverendjoelhulumahoe@yahoo.com

 

 

The Reverend Joel Hulu Mahoe Resource Center aims to empower Hawaii’s communities through educational training, research, and directed teaching.  One of its main programs is the Napapahanaokalololo Project, a program which educates Native Hawaiians on information access and retrieval of land and genealogical information from various governmental repositories throughout the state, including the Hawaii State Archives and the State of Hawaii Bureau of Conveyances.

 

 

State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations

33 South King Street, Suite 520

Honolulu, HI  96813

Phone: 808-523-2475

E-mail: prichards@schha.org

Web Site: www.schha.org

 

 

Unifying more than 26 community associations located on Hawaiian Home Lands across the state, the State Council for Hawaiian Homestead Associations provides advocacy and community services, including youth programs, recycling and cultural programs to create safe and healthy communities.

 

 
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