KS Kaiāulu Partners

After-School All-Stars Hawaii provides programs, transformative experiences and mentoring that support students in developing skills and habits needed to succeed in life, school and their future careers.

E hoʻoulu i ke kaiaʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ko Hawaiʻi nei i mau aku ʻo Hawaiʻi he ʻāina Aloha.

Drive and inspire change to ensure a living Hawaiian language in Hawaiʻi and beyond.

The mission of EA Ecoversity is to provide culturally-driven learning, training, credentialing and other long-term societal benefits to ka lāhui Hawaiʻi by transmitting advanced ʻike kūpuna, discovering new knowledge using ancient learning methods, functioning as an active learning laboratory and repository of traditional and contemporary Hawaiian knowledge and research, and contributing to a rigorous, fun, independent kanaka education network.

The Estria Foundation creates art in public with assistance from artists, youth, educators, and activists. Our goal is to raise awareness and inspire action in the movement to resolve human and environmental issues while educating and developing youth.

Hoʻokumu - Establish foundations. Fostering esteem, reciprocity, and kuleana to ‘āina, communities, and ourselves through ancestral wisdom and 21st-century skills.
Hoʻokele - Forge directions and connections. Harmoniously exploring and inquiring, bridging ancestral wisdom with diverse cultures.
Hoʻomāna - Empower. High standards in academics, culture, environment, and economics, nurturing cognitive, emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being.

MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of Hana Laulima is to support the development of a new economic base for the District of Ka’u that will enhance economic growth, advance a secure financial future for the community and the children of Ka’u while preserving the people of Ka’u’s cultural heritage and love for the ʻāina (land).

The mission of Kaʻala Farm, Inc. (KFI) is to reclaim and preserve the living culture of the Poʻe Kahiko (people of old) in order to strengthen the kinship relationships between the ʻāina (land, that which nourishes) and all forms of life necessary to sustain the balance of life on these venerable lands.

Provide place based education centered on traditional land stewardship/Aloha Aina methodology to reclaim cultural properties.

Kahua Pa'a Mua Mission: To enhance communities through economic, conservation, preservation, social and educational programs for youth and adults.

Our mission is to improve the educational opportunities for our youth, mālama our environment, and sustain our cultural well-being.

We are ʻohana at Kāneʻohe Elementary School where all are inspired to embrace learning and discover passions with aloha at our core.

KOKA Mission: To Educate Children- To Strengthen Families- To Enrich Communities- To Perpetuate Culture

Our Mission is to promote and preserve cultural and traditional knowledge through the use and practice of our indigenous fighting art, Lua.

Our mission is to build a foundation of Aloha ʻĀina through Native Hawaiian cultural education to grow self-directed, critical thinkers for a sustainable West Kauaʻi

Mālama Hulē‘ia advocates, educates, and leads community efforts to remove mangrove along the Hule‘ia river, re‐establishes native wetland ecosystems, manages Alakoko fishpond, and creates environmental stewardship programs perpetuating Hawaiian values.

Our mission is to perpetuate the Native Hawaiian culture through education, land stewardship, and community building, while sustainably restoring our precious natural resources.

To educate the keiki and the young people of our community on Hawaiian history, Hawaiian cultural practices, ocean safety education, sustainable-traditional gathering practices and ancient and modern ocean sports!
Preparing our youth for the future ahead of them, with the knowledge and wisdom from the past.

To provide an educational experience that challenges students to become curious explorers, rewards them for demonstrating that they have learned new skills, teaches them to think critically, enables them to recognize their own potential, and prepares them for success in their adult lives.

To nurture the educational continuum (K-college) by strengthening the cultural identity of Native Hawaiians, providing multifaceted opportunities for college degree completion and career pathways.

With this vision, we are aligning to four core values: pilina, pono, kuleana, and mālama. This vision and these values consistently were brought up in various focus groups with all stakeholders and aligns with what we all know and love about Pāhoa and Puna.

Our mission is to provide programming and services promoting life-long education, healthy lifestyles, cultural preservation, entrepreneurial achievement, and economic development, for the Hawaiian homestead residents of Papakōlea, Kewalo, and Kalāwahine.

The Kohala Center is an independent, community-based center focused on research, education, and ‘āina stewardship for healthier ecosystems. By turning ancestral knowledge and research into action, we cultivate conditions that reconnect us with our place, water, food, and people, so that communities in Hawai‘i and around the world can thrive—ecologically, economically, culturally, and socially.

With a focus on creating a healthy and thriving future for all, the University of Hawai‘i provides broad educational opportunity as the higher education destination of choice in the Pacific that nurtures the personal success, leadership capacity and positive engagement of every resident of Hawai‘i. It achieves global impact by enriching the fundamental knowledge of humankind through engagement in world-class research, scholarship and service.

Our mission is to kōkua Hawaiian Natives who are committed to achieving their potential for themselves, their families and communities.

Inspiring individuals to reclaim and enrich their lives by utilizing innovative resources and harnessing the strengths within each person.

The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Hawaii is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Support low income, high talent Native Hawaiian STEM majors at Chaminade University with transformative financial scholarship combined with wraparound academic, life coaching and cultural supports from a cadre of Academic Navigator faculty and staff.

Creating peaceful communities in harmony with nature through the eyes, hands, and hearts of the children

Hoʻokele Strategies strives to nurture wayfinding qualities in leaders and enterprises to catalyze a movement that redefines wealth and builds an economy driven by these values.

Hoʻomau i ke kuamoʻo pono
Re-establish the systems that sustain our community through place-based educational initiatives and ‘āina-centered practices that cultivate abundance, regenerate responsibilities, and promote collective health and well-being. In doing so, we are empowered to continue on the pathways and traditions of our kūpuna, and establish new pathways for the present and future pono of our ‘āina and ‘ohana of Hāmākua.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo ke kaʻā o ka mauli. (Language is the fiber of our being)

Our mission is to restore and grow healthy relationships between people and place through the aloha ʻāina practices of retelling our Kailua-specific stories, replanting and eating our ancestral foods, and caring for the sacred sites, lands, and waters of our beloved ahupuaʻa of Kailua.

KOYD utilizes core cultural values for the enhancement and development of strong Hawaiian leadership amongst disadvantaged Native Hawaiian youth. Hawaiian cultural practice as a foundation of our program enables youth to strive in their abilities that reveal individual strengths for excellence. It is our vision to train, foster, and develop strong Hawaiian leaders and mentors who contribute to the wellness of Hawaii's future.

The mission of KEY Project is to nurture and promote the cultural, environmental, social, economic, and recreational well-being of the Kualoa-Heʻeia area by providing a vital grassroots civic resource that effectively serves the needs of our diverse, multicultural community.

To preserve, perpetuate, and honor Lānaʻi's rich history, culture, and values.

At Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike, our mission is to provide Hāna's youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, builds their self-esteem, and shows them they have the power to change their future.

Preparing communities to excel in STEAM through the application of traditional values and cultural practices

Our mission is to create and support diverse culturally based educational opportunities for Native Hawaiians.

Our Mission: Papahana Aloha ʻĀina Hawaiʻi safeguards, nurtures, and grows our natural resources by developing educated, community-minded and engaged, contributing leaders of advocacy and stewardship.

Cultivate ʻāina and kānaka to nurture learning, relationships, and lifestyles that enable all Hawaiʻi to thrive.

Partners in Development Foundation inspires and equips families and communities for success and service using timeless Native Hawaiian values and traditions.

Purple Maiʻa's mission is to educate and empower the next generation of culturally grounded, community serving technology makers and problem solvers.

Saint Mark's mission is to extend the love and care of Jesus Christ to all people while nurturing families and preparing students in grades Pre-K to 8 to integrate faith with life, through a quality Christian education.

The UHWO is a premier, comprehensive, indigenous serving institution dedicated to educating students to be engaged global citizens and leaders in society. UHWO envisions a supportive and dynamic learning environment where all students, faculty, and staff embody Native Hawaiian values and perpetuate Native Hawaiian culture and in which inclusion of all individuals is reflected in the institution’s culture, practices, and relationships.

WMS Mission- To empower all students with the skills, values and cultural understanding to navigate high school and beyond. Our IKAIR core values are: 'Ike, Kaizen, Accountability, Integrity and Respect