Health & Wellness
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Pacific Birth Collective
PBC is a professional community-based collective growing a network of service providers and island families dedicated to education, support, and advocacy for birth and wellness choices across Hawai’i. PBC hit the ground running on August 10 by opening their facility to the community as a donation site for items specific to pregnant and birthing families…
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Maui Medic Healers Hui
MMHH mobilized two days after the fires with health care providers on the west side of Maui, and have been there ever since. They provide a variety of services as they try to maintain stability in a very uncertain and unstable dynamic after a terrifying disaster. Their goal is to build trust, create safety, and…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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Project Koa Yoga
Project Koa Yoga‘s mission is to diversify the faces of yoga while preserving the people, land, and culture of Hawai’i. They create diversity in yoga and wellness spaces by teaching trauma-informed yoga and meditation with NGO partners serving marginalized communities, BIPOC-centered studio-style classes, scholarship-based Yoga teacher training and apprenticeship program for BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+Māhū, incarcerated folx,…