Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 9, 1 September 2011 — 4 nonprofits awarded nearly $1 million from OHA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

4 nonprofits awarded nearly $1 million from OHA

By Harold Nedd n the latest example of its efforts to help Native Hawaiian college students work toward a career, the Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs awarded a key grant to the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. The $270,990 OHA grant will help fund the School of Social Work's Hawaiian Learning Program. The grant covers a three-year period and is designed to open doors to careers in social work for Native Hawaiian and other students. A key emphasis of the program is on integrating Hawaiian values, principles and practices into the field of social work. The effort will help ensure that the Hawai'i Judiciary and other employers have the skilled workers they need to serve Native Hawaiians and other underrepresented communities. The Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work is one of four nonprofit groups that will receive a combined total of $970,990 in grants from OHA. In addition to instilling in students a real interest in social justice, the various grants support programs that showcase Hawaiian values, cultivate crops important to Hawaiian culture and strengthen Hawaiian civic clubs. "We are pleased to be able to support the important work these organizations are doing for the Hawaiian community," said OHA Chairperson Colette Machado. "Their efforts prepare Native

Hawaiians for new opportunities and a better future." Chief Executive Officer Clyde W. Nāmu 'o added: "We look forward to helping even more Hawaiians as we work with other community partners to use our collective reach and access to create broad, lasting change for our Native Hawaiian people." Here's a breakdown of the three additional grants that have been awarded: » Hawai'i Maoli-Ho'olako Na Klwila Hawai'i Project - received $400,000 to help Hawaiian Civic Clubs heeome more self-sustaining within their respective communities. Eaeh civic club would be eligible for a maximum of $1,500 per year, through 2013, to enhanee its ability to identify and meet development challenges. » Community Art Mural Project - Pu'uhonua Society - received $150,000 to help fund a mural project that depicts Native Hawaiian values and culture. This particular project would include young Hawaiian art students and showcased at the Hawai'i Convention Center in time for the Asia-Pacific Eeonomie Cooperation meetings in November of this year. (See story on right.) » Ali'i Pauahi Hawaiian Civic Club - received $150,000 to help fund a community-based Maile-growing social entrepreneurship project called - Ka Mahi'ai 'Ihi O Wailea. The project is dedicated to returning Hawaiians to the land and has enlisted OHA and about 19 others as partners in the effort. ■

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OHA Board of Trustees award $270,990 grant to the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work's Hawaiian Learning Program. From left are: OHA Trustee Chair Colette Machado, Kaipo Kukahiko, OHA Trustee Haunani Apoliona, OHA Trustee Vice Chair Boyd Mossman, Haley Mishina, OHA Trustee Peter Apo, Lynette Paglinawan, OHA Trustee Rowena Akana, OHA Trustee John Waihe'e IV, OHA Trustee Robert Lindsey Jr., Jaylin Napua Kauwale and OHA Trustee 0z Stender. - Photos: OHA Communications