Hui o Ho`ohonua is leading and supporting
a lei of community stewardship projects along the
Pearl Harbor Historic Trail that reactivates the region as a source of
healthy food systems and waters
About the Project Name - Hui Alaloa
Hui: a group of people united in purpose, Alaloa: a sacred, sometimes spiritual path...
Our Hui Alaloa Project brings together Hawaiian cultural practitioners, artists, schools, and residents visions for holistic greenspace. Visions for this demonstration project include community engaged art pieces, plantings that include native, medicinal and food species along a well traveled path along the Pu`uloa shoreline. As a community networking non-profit, Hui o Ho`ohonua is committed to supporting the community vision for this place with the help of a network of urban forestry professionals. A hui is a group of people united in purpose and an alaloa is an important or sacred path.
Our Hui Alaloa Project brings together Hawaiian cultural practitioners, artists, schools, and residents visions for holistic greenspace. Visions for this demonstration project include community engaged art pieces, plantings that include native, medicinal and food species along a well traveled path along the Pu`uloa shoreline. As a community networking non-profit, Hui o Ho`ohonua is committed to supporting the community vision for this place with the help of a network of urban forestry professionals. A hui is a group of people united in purpose and an alaloa is an important or sacred path.
Elevating Young Leaders
Students from Waipahu High School and Waipahu Intermediate School have been drivers in this project from the start!
Impossible is Where We Start
The Power of Community-Driven Change
Enjoy the videos below as they document the progress community hui have made to make our vision a reality
Celebrating Our First Waipahu Garden Work Day - August, 2023
Working with the HECO "Hammahz" - Our May, 2023 Work Day
Making the Dream a Reality - Our March, 2023 Work Day!
Earth Day Determination - Our April, 2023 Work Day
An Epic Work Day to Start 2023!
The Magic of the September, 2022 Community Work Day!
Our Amazing Volunteers Plant, Clear, Nurture, Beautify May, 2022
With the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail Hui and Clean Up April, 2022
The Project Grows with Community Partners and Volunteers March, 2022
The Power of Hui - Community Work Day February, 2022
The Hui Alaloa Project Launch October, 2021
Mahalo nui loa to the Hui Alaloa Project Sponsors and Partners!
- Hawai`i DLNR, Div. of Forestry and Wildlife Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program - www.kaulunani.org
- USDA Forest Service, Urban & Community Forestry Program - https://www.fs.usda.gov/managing-land/urban-forests/ucf
- National Park Service (NPS), Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) Program - https://bit.ly/3zdyxAD
- Pearl City Neighborhood Board - https://pearlcitynb.com/
- Honolulu City and County, Mālama o ka `Āina Program - https://cutt.ly/RPI3csL
- Hawaiian Electric, via a generous donation, the donation of supplies and the "sweat equity" of staff volunteers
