Mālama Hāloa // Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke

Our Mālama Hāloa program reconnects youth and their ʻohana with traditional Native Hawaiian practices surrounding language, food and nutrition, the natural environment and elements, and the creation and use of cultural tools and implements. We perpetuate activities like: kuʻi ‘ai sessions at Hāna School where students hand pound taro into traditional paʻiʻai; Hawaiian language classes for high school students and our staff; culture-based educational activities leading up to and during the traditional season of Makahiki; and the making of poi boards, wooden and stone poi pounders, Makahiki ceremony and traditional game implements, and more.