Maui Aloha: The People’s Response

GRASSROOTS
SOCIAL CHANGE
SINCE 1972

Grantmaking

Maui Aloha: The People’s Response is dedicated to providing a safe and trusted conduit to move kōkua quickly in support of community organizers and organizations already engaged in this work, on the ground.

Funds raised through this effort will move critical resources to past, present, and future community partners committed to nurturing our beloved community through this storm.

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Maui Aloha Grantees

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. Born from years of direct action experience, the hui is focusing on three aspects of response during this crucial time ~ immediate Relief, Recovery, and Preparedness moving forward. Flanking Nā ‘Aikāne o Maui’s efforts, Ko’ihonua provided generators, coolers, EZ corner pipe tents, and manpower to setup temporary shelters and distribution sites, effectively expanding Nā ‘Aikāne’s capacity to serve hundreds of impacted Lāhaina residents daily at the Ka’anapali hub. Alongside leadership and guidance from the Lāhaina community, Ko’ihonua sourced hard-to-get items, and are actively brainstorming with allies outside of Hawai’i to identify other ways to support the community.
O’ahu

Lā Ho’iho’i Ea Honolulu

Lā Ho’iho’i Ea Honolulu upholds a “big tent” for the Hawaiian independence movement, and provides safe and inclusive spaces to celebrate, learn about, and strengthen the political autonomy of Hawai’i’s people, past, present, and future. They are supporting Kanaka Maoli leaders of Maui Komohana in continuing to press for their rights to water. They are working alongside Kānaka leaders and others who identify as “lepo popolo,” envisioning more sovereign and sustainable futures for Maui Komohana with a specific focus on wai to usher policy change and advocacy in the Recovery process and to truly exercise their ea.
Hawai’i

Lālākea Foundation

Lālākea Foundation’s mission is to perpetuate traditional cultural practices by demonstrating oral traditions, teachings and ways of transmitting knowledge through the generations. Lālākea provides a learning and enrichment platform for cultural practitioners and learners. At the request of Lāhaina leadership, Lālākea is serving as kākoʻo to advise on developing strategy around organizing and elevating community voices.
O’ahu

Language Acquisition & Immersion for the New Generation (LAING)

LAING is dedicated to the preservation of the cultural, linguistic, artistic, and literary heritages of the immigrant communities of Hawai’i. They’ve been working alongside Tagnawa of Maui and other Maui-based community groups conducting outreach with the affected immigrant Filipino community in West Maui, and assisting with data integration, providing travel support, and onsite coordination to serve the Filipino community ~ the immediate goal is providing relief and support, with the long term goal of power building to pressure government to care for Hawai’i’s immigrant community.
O’ahu

Ma’i Movement Hawai’i

Maʻi Movement Hawaiʻi is a Native Hawaiian, women-led organization deeply committed to menstrual equity and ending period poverty in Hawaiʻi. Their Maui-based volunteers distributed period products at shelters, community hubs, donation sites, and in community on Maui and partnered with and donated products directly to other Maui-based groups in affected areas. They coordinated period drives on Maui and neighbor islands and provided volunteers with gas cards, period products for distribution, and product mobilization support, and plan to provide long-term menstrual support through partnerships to establish permanent physical distribution points on Maui.
Kaua’i

Mālama Kaua’i

Mālama Kaua’i focuses on increasing local food production and access for Kaua’i through a lens of a resilience and sustainability. Days after the fire, they implemented a Maui Farmers’ Market Needs Assessment to identify and contact Maui farmers and local food producers whose markets were lost in the fires. The hui is helping to sustain Maui’s food system to ensure they can continue to feed the future of the island.
Maui

Maui Medic Healers Hui

Maui Medic Healers Hui is a Kānaka Maoli led team that provides grassroots community driven services and empowers the people to create spaces for healing in times of struggle, disaster, and trauma. Two days after the fires, MMHH mobilized health care providers and supplies on the west side of Maui, and have been there ever since. The Maui Medic Healers Hui envision and model a different, more indigenous way of providing care in a holistic and integrated setting.
Hawai’i

Maunakea Education & Awareness

Maunakea Education & Awareness educates and raises awareness of communities in Hawai’i and beyond on the spiritual, historical, cultural, environmental, and political significance of Mauna Kea and ALL sacred places. On the invitation of core Lāhaina community leadership, the hui is serving in an advisory role, organizing and calling in lessons learned on the mauna to accommodate immediate community needs in the aftermath of the fires, and strategizing for a just recovery.
Maui

Nā ‘Aikāne o Maui

Nā ‘Aikāne o Maui Lāhaina Cultural Center, whose mission is to feed our people ~ mind, body, and soul ~ in good times and bad, was lost to the devastating fires on August 8th. Immediately after the disaster, Nā ‘Aikāne spearheaded response and relief efforts to mālama affected residents. The hui has lovingly staffed community care hubs near temporary shelters since the beginning of the crisis, and mobilizing cultural sensitivity training and deployment alongside response efforts. Community care hubs have been a lifeline for survivors in Lāhaina, offering hope during a time of great uncertainty, pu’uhonua to gather and build together, and a repository for community-sourced essential needs like food, personal hygiene products, clothing, baby supplies, tools, and general household items. Nā ‘Aikāne’s Ka’anapali Hub has stood as a pillar of stability, and a true example of aloha by, with, and for affected Maui ‘ohana.