Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 28, Number 5, 1 May 2011 — OHA awards Kauhale Grants [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OHA awards Kauhale Grants

The 23 community grants support projects from Wai'anae to Hilo

By Shannon Toriki For the past decade, OHA's eommunity grants program has been a part of our unwavering commitment to bettering the lives of Native Hawaiians. Eaeh year, OHA awards millions of dollars in grants to support Native Hawaiians. These grants provide opportunities through funding to address immediate community needs while building eeonomie, social and educational success for Native Hawaiians. The Kauhale funding category awards community grants up to $25,000 for projects and programs that align to OHA's Strategic Plan for 2010-2016. A diverse array of projects were submitted to further OHA's Strategic Priorities of Ho'okahua Waiwai(Economic Self-Sufficiency), 'Āina (Land and Water), Mo'omeheu (Culture), Mauli Ola (Heahh), 'Ea (Governance), and Ho'ona'auao (Education). Here are the 23 Kauhale grant awardees for fiscal year 2011: University of Hawai'i Office of Research Services - $25,000 in support of the building and establishment of a Native Hawaiian māla (garden) and lo'i (taro patch) on the Honolulu Community College campus to provide hands-on, experiential learning opportunities for students and the community at large. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu Ine. - $24,000 in support of one-to-one, school-based mentoring programs in rural Kaua'i and O'ahu areas for youth. Good Beginnings Allianee - $25,000 in support of the Makua Keiki Program to provide parent education, play and leam group interaction sessions, and a caregivers' support group for parents with young children at the Kaua'i Community Correctional Center, Adult Probation and Kaua'i Intake Service Center. Kāko'o 'Ōiwi - $24,334 on behalf of Ko'olau Foundation in support of the

conceptual planning, materials, support and acquisition services for Ha'ikū Valley to benefit the community at large. Alu Like ine. - $11,800 in support of cultural enrichment opportunities to Lāna'i and Moloka'i that complement ongoing education and youth development activities to high-risk 'ōpio to strengthen cultural identity and demonstrate learned cultural skills to families and the community. Hoa 'Āina O Mākaha - $25,000 in support of the E Mau Ana Ka Pilina Pono Container Garden Project's effort to teach keiki and parents on the Wai'anae Coast to grow and sustain portable gardens that enhanee access to healthy foods in their households. The purpose of the project is to provide supplies, training and technical assistance to participating families residing in Mākaha, so they ean raise their own vegetable/food garden for healthy eating. Aloha 'Āina Ileallh Center - $25,000 in support of a project designed to help keiki and their 'ohana discover the physical, spiritual and heahh connections to the 'āina. There will be a focus on foods and nutrition as a foundation to make healthy lifestyle choices. Big Island Mediation ine. dba West Hawai'i Mediation - $7,500 in support of recruiting and providing scholarships to Native Hawaiians who are interested in receiving training for conflict resolution and mediation. Lāna'i Arts & Culture Center dba Lāna'i Art Center - $18,418.20 on behalf of 'O ka la na'i nui to support the teaching of keiki on Lāna'i about culture through making 'ukulele and Hawaiian lap steel guitars. University of Hawai'i Office of Research Services - $25,000 in support of academic and cultural opportunities to Native Hawaiians through participation in an exchange program with other indigenous

graduate students in Victoria, British Columbia. TJ Mahoney & Associates ine. - $25,000 in support of Ka Hale Ho'āla Hou No Nā Wāhine in providing family strengthening, community service and enrichment activities to enhanee empowerment, resilience and sense of belonging for women transitioning from prison to the community, grounded in Native Hawaiian cultural values and concepts. Daughters of Hawai'i - $18,750 on behalf of Na Kiamanu 'O Hanaiakamalama to

gather feathers on Midway Island in order to construct two kāhili to be on permanent display at Queen Emma Summer Palaee. The ultimate purpose is to recreate the traditional Hawaiian practice of feather gathering. Hāmākua Youth Foundation ine. - $24,739 in support of the 2011 Summer Hawaiian Culture Camp for Youth involving three 10- to 12-day modules focusing on canoeing, forestry and Waipi'o Valley with emphasis on the environment SEE GRANTS ON PAGE 33

OHA CE0 Clyde Nāmu'o, left, on March 1 1 presented a eheek totaling $500,075 to the recipients of 0HA's Kauhale Grants program. Recipients pictured from left are: Shad Kāne of Na Kiamanu '0 Hanaiakamalama, Liz Grote of TJ Mahoney i Associates ine., Gerry Miyamoto of Daughters of Hawai'i, Lovey Slater of Alu Like, Douglas Mersberg of Wai'anae Coast Early Childhood Services, Talia Cardines of TJ Mahoney i Associates ine., Morgen Johansen of the University of Hawai'i, Anela Gutierrez and Bob Brooks of Kihei Canoe Club, Kylee Mar of Kohe Malamalama 0 Kanaloa/Protect Kaho'olawe Fund, Theresa Gerry of Hawaiian Kamali'i, and Jonathan Ching of Kohe Malamalama 0 Kanaloa/Protect Kaho'olawe Fund. - Photos: John Matsuzaki

CE0 Nāmu'o with Lilette Subedi of Hoa 'Āina 0 Mākaha, Ann Shinsato of the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame, Waianuhea Ah Quin of Waianu's Hale Ku'āi, Teresa Day of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu ine., Kevin Gill of Waianu's Hale Ku'āi, Leilani Jones-Tollefsen of Ko'olau Foundation, and Mahealani Cypher of Kāko'o 'Ōiwi.