The overall program goals for our program were:

• To increase the number of youth who are studying, practicing, and promoting land-based, Hawaiian

cultural knowledge, values, and skills unique to Kailua at storied places in our ahupuaʻa

• To restore and grow healthy relationships between people (kanaka) and land/place (ʻāina) through the

retelling of Kailua-specific stories, replanting and eating of our ancestral foods, and caring for the sacred

sites, lands, and waters of Kailua

• To cultivate an understanding in our youth and their families of the reciprocal kanaka-ʻāina relationship

and how it can feed us physically, intellectually, and culturally

 

We accomplished all of these goals, and we administered a post program Makua Survey to the parents to get their feedback. Here is a summary of the results from the mākua who completed the survey.

When asked to rate the degree to which they believe we achieved our four overarching program

goals, all parents who completed the survey (100%) said we exceeded their expectations.

All parents (100%) also rated their satisfaction with the program at the two highest levels (the

vast majority selecting “Most Satisfied”).

All parents (100%) said they would recommend Ka Pahuhopu o Kawainui to another family and

would enroll their child again if given the opportunity.

 

For our ʻAʻe Kū Intership component of the program, we also administered a post program reflection and

here is a summary of the reflections from the interns who completed the survey.

All ʻAʻe Kū interns (100%) also rated their satisfaction with the program at the two highest

levels.

All ʻAʻe Kū interns (100%) said they would recommend Ka Pahuhopu o Kawainui to another

family and would enroll their child again if given the opportunity.

All ʻAʻe Kū interns (100%) identified that their ʻAʻe Kū Internship experience had impacted their educational path and understanding of their kuleana to the ʻāina and community of Hawaiʻi, with 50% also identifying an impact to their career path as well.