Island: O’ahu

Ko’ihonua

Ko’ihonua is dedicated to reclaiming and providing cultural space for our lāhui to learn, practice, and engage in Hawaiian traditions and practices. The hui is focusing on three aspects of Response during this crucial time ~ immediate Relief, Recovery, and preparedness moving forward. Flanking Nā ʻAikāne o Mauiʻs efforts, Ko’ihonua purchased solar generators, conventional generators,…
Hawai’i Peace & Justice

Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice (HPJ) works locally and transnationally to promote peace, social justice, and ea (life, sovereignty, rising, breath) in Hawaiʻi through research, education, organizing, nonviolent direct action, and creative cultural interventions. HPJ is contracting an administrative role to coordinate volunteers to provide labor relief to the Lāhaina community hubs, as well as organizing…
Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action

Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action is supporting community-led efforts to watchdog and protect against land and water grabs in West Maui. HAPA hosted two petitions to raise awareness and amplify community concerns and reports of predatory actions, and has mobilized testimony at the Water Commission. They will continue to support efforts at the Water Commission…
Ko’olau Cooperative Community Hub

Ko’olau Cooperative Community Hub, empowered by farmers’ market farmers, believes that FOOD IS MEDICINE, and that communities are strengthened in well being, health, and prosperity. Over the course of a year, the hui reimagined what sustainability means for the Ko’olau community through their stewardship of the weekly farmers’ market at Ben Parker Elementary School, featuring…
Hui Aloha 808: Bathroom Brigades

Hui Aloha‘s “Bathroom Brigades” is a pilot project that engages houseless (“homeless” or “”unhoused”) residents and housed supply donors near high-use public parks or harbors, to support City/State staff in efforts to keep bathrooms open, safe, and clean during the COVID-19 outbreak. Each “Bathroom Brigade” support one park or harbor bathroom, and is anchored by…
Ka Lamakū La’akea

Ka Lamakū La’akea, the sacred light within, or the torch of the sacred light. Their mission is to bring light to the world, to elevate and to expand human consciousness through healing, prayer, and ceremony, through perpetuation & practice of ‘ōlelo Hawai’i and Hawaiian culture, by fostering spiritual wayfinding and awareness. Ka Lamakū La’akea hopes…
Hui Mauli Ola

Hui Mauli Ola, founded in Hawaiian traditions and spiritual practices, is a non-profit organization of multidisciplinary cultural practitioners who are committed to promoting and improving the health and well being of our communities through empowering and providing access to quality care and educational opportunities. HMO aims to support intercultural exchange for practitioners to foster indigenous…
Hālau o Huluena

This lā‘au lapa‘au Master Class restores authentic traditional herbal healing practice in the community by creating and implementing a structure for active learning, immersing students in a tradition-based process of obtaining cultural competency. For just under a year, the hui has engaged in naʻau-based, ʻāina-based curriculum and approaches that convey traditional knowledge in the context…
Language Acquisition & Immersion for the New Generation (LAING)

Language Acquisition & Immersion for the New Generation (LAING)’s mission is to perpetuate, promote, preserve, and introduce the various heritage languages and cultures of the immigrant population of Hawai’i and the United States, and to use them as vehicles for community empowerment, heritage education, social services, and language and cultural access. Starting with the many…
God’s Country Waimānalo

God’s Country Waimānalo‘s mission is Ho’oulu a me Ho’ola Lāhui, to propagate and perpetuate the race. Established in 2005, they are committed to positively impacting the health and wellness of the Native Hawaiian community of Waimānalo, keiki to kūpuna. HPF funding supports their Ola Kino Program, which focuses on health and wellness by exposing keiki…