Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 9, Number 6, 1 June 1992 — Success stories [ARTICLE]

Success stories

Donald R. Harp went from job to job after graduation from Castle High School. At age 29 Harp turned to Alu Like ine. for career counseling and classroom training. After talking with the Alu Like employment specialist, Harp decided to enroll in the Hawai'i Institute of Hair Design. Alu Like assisted him with tuition and other support services and monitored his progress eaeh month until he completed training. Harp now works for the King's Den Hair Cutters as a stylist at Windward Mall. He plans to enroll at Alu Like's Native Hawaiian Business Development Center and eventually start his own beauty salon business. Patrick Rose eame to the Alu Like, ine. Employment and Training Program as an On-The-Job trainee at Maililand. He did so well as a shelter worker/outreach aide that he became a outreach worker. He was promoted to Drop In Center manager and will soon be the operations supervisor at Waianae's new Wai'oli Village. Norman Lyman of the Big Island, completed Alu Like's OTJ program with Sure Save Supermarkets as a meat wrapper/fish cutter. William "Billy" K. Kapule was placed at the Moloka'i Youth Center as a recreational aide under Alu Like's Employment & Training Work Experience Activity. For the past 2 1/2 months, he has been assisting center supervisor Yolanda Tanielu in the daily operations of the center. Clifford K. Nip and Stafford Lani Caparida, two young adults exploring career opportunities through Alu Like's Employment and Training Program were given the ehanee to work in a field of interest to the, the revitalization and maintenance of a vital segment of the Hawaiian culture, Hawaii's fishponds. They were placed as fishpond laborers at the Ualapue fishpond. After a few weeks of intensive on-the-job training both Nip and Caparida were hired with permanent status.