Inspired by journeys to Kaho`olawe-Kanaloa with the Protect Kaho`olawe ʻOhana...
Our Executive Director, Sandy Ward, was a teacher at Mililani High School from 1994-2019 and during that time she was blessed to take 9 groups of her students to Kaho`olawe-Kanaloa...to learn, work, and be inspired. Perseverance, hana, pono, kilo, mo`olelo, kūkākūkā, laulima, ha`aha`a...and as George Helm famously advised "do your homework" - were lessons learned from the inspirational leaders and kua of the Protect Kaho`olawe `Ohana.
Standing up for what you know is right without fear, taking the lessons learned on Kaho`olawe-Kanaloa and working in your own backyard, realizing how much there is still to learn, learning from your haumana, facing physical challenges, and most importantly, understanding the power of ʻohana to create change...these too are lessons we continue to honor and pursue.
We believe the lessons learned on huaka`i to Kaho`olawe/Kanaloa - and from the Protect Kaho`olawe ʻOhana (PKO) - serve Hui o Ho`ohonua well as we seek to address the perpetuation of historical trauma to the lands, waters and people of the ʻEwa Moku of O`ahu, including Pu`uloa.
Mahalo nui loa to all who share this journey, who continue to patiently teach us, who believe, and who do the work....you inspire our Mālama Pu`uloa Program and our Hui Alaloa Project. Eō!
Standing up for what you know is right without fear, taking the lessons learned on Kaho`olawe-Kanaloa and working in your own backyard, realizing how much there is still to learn, learning from your haumana, facing physical challenges, and most importantly, understanding the power of ʻohana to create change...these too are lessons we continue to honor and pursue.
We believe the lessons learned on huaka`i to Kaho`olawe/Kanaloa - and from the Protect Kaho`olawe ʻOhana (PKO) - serve Hui o Ho`ohonua well as we seek to address the perpetuation of historical trauma to the lands, waters and people of the ʻEwa Moku of O`ahu, including Pu`uloa.
Mahalo nui loa to all who share this journey, who continue to patiently teach us, who believe, and who do the work....you inspire our Mālama Pu`uloa Program and our Hui Alaloa Project. Eō!