Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 3, Number 9, 1 September 1986 — 96 Requests Exceeded $1.3 miilion [ARTICLE]

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96 Requests Exceeded $1.3 miilion

47 Applicants Share $225,000 OHAGrant Money

By Judith Williamson OHA Grantperson Forty-seven individuals or organizations have been awarded grants ranging from $500 to $11,100 by three advisory committees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. The OHA Board of Trustees at its June and July meetings on Oahu and Kauai, respectively, approved the final grant recommendations submitted by the advisory committees covering these five program areas:

• Land. • Eeonomie Development. • Culture. • Education. • Human Resources. The final decision-making process was difficult because of the quality of the 96 applications whose requests had a total value exceeding $1.3 million. However, only $225,000 was available and the grants went to 49 percent of the applicants. Awards averaged $4,800. The three committees are chaired by Trustees Louis Hao {Natural Resources); Gard Kealoha (Culture/Education); and Thomas K. Kaulukukui Sr. (Human Services).. Successful applicants, a brief description of the project and the amount of the award fo!low:

HUMAN SERVICES A R. S. H. lne., dba Hina Mauka. Oahu, provide bed space for Hawaiians at aleohol rehabilitation center, $5,000. Child and Famiiy Service, Oahu, deveiop program for anger control combining existing concepts with relevant Hawaiian beliefs and practices, $5,000. Hawaii Lawyers Care, Oahu, for free legai services to those who can't afford it, $5,000. Lokahi Pacific, Maui, for safe affordable housing for Hawaiian mentally ill, Haie O Mana'o Lana Hou, $5,000. The Family Crisis Shelter lne., Hilo, Hawaii, to work with men who use violence and work with victim families, $5,000. University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oahu, for research study on the effect

of precontact .native Hawaiian diet on coronary heart disease risk factors: hyperiipidemia and high blood pressure. $5,000. Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Oahu, to expand the Malama Oja project and incorporate a stop-smoking component aiong with computerized data to aid researchers, $5,000. West Hawaii Family Support Council, Kona, Hawau, to identify and work with families of children who may be at risk for child abuse and neg)ect. $5,000. YWCA Women's Resource Center, Kauai, to provide skills to adults in the area of identification and intervention of victims of child sexual abuse, $5,000.

CULTURE/EDUCATION Friends of Kailua High School, Oahu, after school tutoring project to help Kailua students maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA), $2,600. Hawaii Historic Society, Oahu, identify, record and photograph all Hawaiian names in cemeteries on Oahu, $5,000. Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Oahu, develop an archeological stabil ization plan for Kaniakapupu, King KamehamehalII summer palaee, $500. Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Oahu, develop a computerized Hawaiian culturīil data base plus maps and photos, $3,500. Historic Hawaii Foundation, Oahu, encourage the maintenance and preservation of historic properties, $9,000. Ho'onani Mauna 'Ala Mai Na, Oahu, restoration of pews and furnishings of the Royal Mausoleum, $10,000. Juniroa Productions, Oahu, produce additional segments of Enduring Pride: E Mau Ana Ka Ha'aheo, $8,500. Kai Oni Canoe Club and Halau, Oahu, purchase of a koa log to train Hawaiian youth traditional eanoe carving, $4,500. Kalapana Community Organization, Hawaii, correct plaee names

m lower Puna and restore ongmal Hawanan names, $500. Kalaupapa Historical Society, Molokai, develop a slide presentation about Kalaupapa and take to other islands, $3,500. Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate, summer enrichment program for students and teachers, $6,500. Malama Ka Aina Hana Ka Aina. Hawaii, to construct a traditional Hawaiian, halau for use as a community meeting plaee, $900. Maui Lui Malama ine., Maui, develop program using volunteers to provide tutorial services for Hawaiians who are iliiterate on Maui, $11,000. Moanalua Gardens Foundation ine., Oahu, partial support of Prince Lot Hula Festival IX, $3,500. Institute for Family Enrichment, Oahu, take a portable early childhood educational environment to Waianae homestead, $11,100. University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oahu, textbook on ethnobotany of the Hawaiians, $4,000. University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaiian leadership development program, $5,400.

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Eeonomie and Land combined) Alu Like lne., Kauai lsland Center, Kauai, provide trainingsessions on Kauai on business devetopment and expansion, $5,000. Earl K. Pawn Jr., dba lsland Photo, Molokai, to set up one hour photo processing company on Molokai, $5,000. Fred M. Aki, dba Freddy's, Kauai, expand family restaurant on Kauai, $4,000. Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Oahu, to fund litigation regarding taro farmers water rights, $4,000. Hawaii Island Koa, Hawaii, partial support of a project to begin reforestation of koa on Hawaii, $9,752. Henry and Ululani (Tammy) Evangelista, Hilo, Hawaii, establish a

flower and foliage business, $5,000. Jerry Schweitzer dba Lainaka II, Hawaii, expand !obster trap fishing business, $3,000. K & K Brokerage Ine., Oahu, to expand Hawaiian Alii Protective Agency, a business venture, $5,000. Ka Ohana O Kalae, Hawaii, for litigation and research regarding Punaluu, Ninole and Hawaiian water rights, $5,000. Kahae Farm, Molokai, expand goat milk business, $3,000.

Maui Eeonomie Opportunity ine., Maui, establish a senior herb gardening program, $5,000. Wilfred Kaupiko, Milolii Store, Hawaii, rebuild store, fishmarket and iee house, $5,000. Mokauea Fisherman's Association, Oahu, provide liability insuranee for the traditionai fishing village of Mokauea, $2,600. Moiokai Scuba Rentals, Molokai, set up a business filling scuba

tanks for fishermen and tourists. $5.000. Na 'Oiwi O Oahu ine., Oahu, partial support for Hawaiiīin entrepreneurship confererice, $2,098. 'Ohe'o Riding Stables, Oahu, 'Ohe'o Stables Deveiopment Project, a new business, $5,000. Princess Pupuli Banana-Papaya and Fish, Maui, to start up Kealii's Fishing, a business, $1,100.

Timmy Leong, dba Mango Lane Wood, Molokai, feasibility study for photovoltaic electricity for Kalamaula Homestead, $3,450. Waimea Aquatic, Kauai, study of the habits of 'o'opu-Nakea, for future commercial.development, $2,000. Woolsey Farms and Enterprises, Molokai, Molokai farm land preparation to expand existing business. $5,000. WorId Resources Corp. , Oahu, to set up abandoned and discarded vehicle flattening and storage business, $5,000.