KUPU Environmental Leaders and National Park Service Staff from Pearl Harbor were on hand to support the young leaders from Hawai`i Tech Academy as they learned what Mālama Pu`uloa is all about....the first native plantings of the season, accepting the kūleana to grow more, learning place names, oli, mo`olelo and more! A magical day! Eō!
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Mahalo nui loa to to Starbucks partners (employees) and The Starbucks Foundation for recognizing how we are making our communities stronger! We canʻt wait to put these funds to good use restoring Pu`uloa to abundance!
Itʻs an honor to have one of our elected officials recognize the accomplishments of our hui of volunteers, schools, partners and supporters - and we love CM Tulba for his support of community-led change! Mahalo to the entire Honolulu City Council and CM Tulbaʻs awesome staff as well - it was an inspiring event!
Itʻs an honor to work with brilliant, hard-working young people like Kristi...we canʻt wait to see what the future has in store for her! Mahalo to UHM faculty members Leah Bremer and Susan Crow for creating the connections and collaboration between Hui o Ho`ohonuaʻs Mālama Pu`uloa Program and amazing NREM scholars!! Click here to see Kristiʻs Capstone project!
Weʻre so grateful for the generous donation from the First Insurance Company of Hawai`i for their generous donation to our non-profit! Through their charitable foundation and their volunteers, FICOH recognizes the important role sustainability plays in their resilience as a company and community. We look forward to a long, pilina partnership with FICOH - mahalo nui loa!
We were so honored to host an HYCC team all from our beloved `Ewa Moku! This group were hana hammahz, teachers, humble students and now part of our ʻohana. Weʻre so grateful to KUPU and these inspirational next gen leaders! Mahalo nui loa!
Mahalo nui loa to the Hilton Grand Vacations Team, Waipahu High School, Mike Rompel, CM Augie Tulba, visiting ʻohana and our amazing staff for an epic Earth Day! We planted over 100 native plants lovingly grown by the Mālama Learning Center...all to restore abundance to Pu`uloa!
The Youth Challenge Academy did an amazing job clearing mangrove from both the Nihola and Pekani Loko I`a (fishponds) at Kapapapuhi - weʻll welcome this crew back any time!
Not to be outdone by the 3rd Radio Battalion of KBay Marines who adopted the entire Nihola Loko I`a (fishpond) in February, the Battleship Missouri Sea Cadets adopted the entire mouth of the Honouliuli Stream in April! Both groups have worked extremely hard to clear invasive mangrove from these important sites - helping restore areas within Kapapapuhi Point Park to abundance! Eō!
Our Executive Director and Co-Founder was honored to accept the 2022 Community Leader Award from the Hawai`i Invasive Species Awareness Month, on behalf of all of our staff, partners and volunteers - our hui. Mahalo to Senator Gabbard and the HISAM team for this honor. Our hui was recognized for the work weʻve done to remove invasive mangrove from the shoreline of Pu`uloa but more importantly, the context of that work - the bio-cultural restoration of `Ewa-Pu`uloa. Click here to see the 2 minute award video.
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