Island: Kaua'i
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Kamawaelualani
Kamawaelualani is dedicated to Native Hawaiian public art, education, and community activation to re-connect Hawaiʻiʻs people with cultural stories and places, re-instilling Kaua'i-based values of protection of treasured places, community cohesion, and the centering of Native Hawaiian culture.
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Rice Street Business Association
Rice Street Business Association is dedicated to fostering a thriving, just, and self-sustaining Downtown Līhu'e by empowering local entrepreneurship, perpetuating Native Hawaiian culture, and strengthening community power. ricestreetbusinessassociation.com
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I Ola Wailuanui
I Ola Wailuanui is dedicated to the restoration and stewardship of wahi pana in Wailua, Kaua'i, including Malaeha'akoa Heiau, seeking to preserve, protect, and restore Wailuanuiahoano and its environmental, historical, and cultural foundations. Through weekly mālama 'āina workdays, monthly stakeholder coordination, and culturally grounded programming, they bring together community members, practitioners, and partners to care…
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Hanalei River Heritage Foundation
Mahalo No Ka Mea ʻAi is grounded in the belief that access to fresh fruits and vegetables is a cultural and human right, especially for those struggling with food & housing insecurity during the pandemic. HRHF prepares food baskets each week for the East Kauai houseless community (over 70% Kanaka Maoli), keeping them connected to…
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Kūkulu Kumuhana o Anahola
Kūkulu Kumuhana o Anahola’s genesis sprang forth from the collective grief over a number of youth/young adult suicides and suicide attempts in the Hawaiian Homelands community of Anahola on the island of Kauaʻi. KKOA works to assist its young people in developing life skills that will strengthen their identity through Hawaiian values, build self-esteem, and…
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Mālama Kaua'i
Mālama Kaua'i focuses on increasing local food production and access for Kaua‘i through a lens of resilience and sustainability, leveraging workforce and economic development efforts, partnerships, and innovative programs to grow community capacity. Theyʻre strengthening Kaua'i’s communities by supporting local people to identify their own needs and create solutions rooted in place, culture, and collective…
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Kīpuka Kuleana
Kīpuka Kuleana's mission is to perpetuate kuleana, ahupua'a-based natural resource management, and connection to place through protection of cultural landscapes and family lands on Kaua'i. Through land protection strategies, descendant-led stewardship, youth education, and policy advocacy, they challenge ongoing land dispossession and keep ʻāina in community hands, restoring Hawaiian models of collective caretaking of ʻāina…