Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 38, Number 2, 1 February 2021 — Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation
A'o Keiki, Ho'oikaika 'Ohana, Ho'ohui Kaiāulu
NaCheryl CheeTsutsumi He hui li'ili'i 'o Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation (HMKF) e hana nei i nā hana maika'i e kōkua ai iā Waimānalo, ke ahupua'a a lākou e noho nei. Ua ho'okumu 'ia 'o HMKF e nā kama'āina o Waimanālo, 'o Nani Akeo lāua 'o Sharon Majit-Gorion i ka makahiki 1998, ma ke 'ano he hana "na ke kaiāulu a no ke kaiāulu" i mea e ho'olako ai i ke kaiāulu i nā papahana mo'omeheu manuahi ma hope o nā hola o ke kula a me nā papahana ho'oikaika 'ohana. Ua kahua mai i 2002 a ua lilo i pā'oihana kū i ka 'auhau 'ole 501 (nl he 'elua
makahiki ma hope mai. Akāka ka mākia: e ho'omohala i ke ahona, ke alaka'i, ka mālama 'āina, ka ha'aheo i ka mo'omeheu, a me ka mauli Hawai'i ma o nā loina 'o ke aloha (ka hō'ihi 'ana i nā mea i nui a'e ma mua o kākou iho); ka pono (e kūlia i ka pono a e 'imi pono); ka 'onipa'a (e 'onipa'a, e ho'okūpa'a, a e pa'a ke kahua); a me ka mālama (e mālama, e ho'ohanohano a e ho'omalu). "'A'ole ia he mea kūpalaka, 'a'ole ia he mea keu, he mea ho'okahua," wahi a Mailelauli'i Vickery, ke po'o a HMKF. "Paipai mākou i nā hoa hana, e hahai i kēlā 'ōlelo a e hana i kēlā me kēia lā." Ma ke Keiki After School Youth Development Program no nā papa 'elima a 'eono a me ka 'Ōpio After School Leadership Program no nā papa 'ehiku a i ka papa 'umikūmālua, 'ai nā keiki i ka 'ai māmā, kāko'o 'ia ma nā ha'awina kula, a a'o lākou e pili ana iā lākou iho a me ka mo'omeheu a mo'olelo Hawai'i ma o ka hana 'ana ma ka 'āina a me ke kai nō ho'i. 'O ia ka 'au'au paipu hanu 'ana, ka hoe wa'a 'ana, ka mālama 'ana i ka lo'i kalo a me ka loko i'a ma o ka hana pū 'ana me 'ehā mau kula a me 'umikūmālua a 'oi mau hui Hawai'i ma Ko'olau, O'ahu. Ha'i mo'olelo nā kumu e pili ana i nā wahi a nā keiki e kipa ai, a mālama 'ia ka lawena ku'una, 'o ia nō ke oli e noi komo ai. 'O kekahi mea nui 'o ia nō ke kilo, ka nānā pono, i kūkulu pilina nā keiki i ke ao a puni o lākou. "E la'a me ko lākou kilo 'ana i nā nalu, i nā makani, i nā | au o ke kai a me nā 'ōuli kai ma mua o ka iho ana i kai," ■ ka 'ōlelo a Vickery. "Pēlā lākou e ho'omaopopo ai i ka wā
kūpono a kūpono 'ole e komo i ke kai." He mea nui ke kilo i ka mālama 'āina kekahi. Ma mua o ke komo 'ana i ka lo'i kalo, a'o mai nā keiki i ka mo'olelo o Hāloa, ke kalo, ke kua'ana o ka po'e Hawai'i . A'o lākou i ka hana kūpono no ka ho'omākaukau 'ana, ke kanu 'ana, ka ho'oulu 'ana, ka huki 'ana, ka ihi 'ana, a me ka ho'omo'a 'ana i ke kalo. "He pili wehena 'ole; ke mālama aku kākou i ke kalo, 'o ka mālama mai nō ia," pēlā mai 'o Vickery. "'O ka 'āina ke hānai maoli iā kākou. Ho'ohana 'ia ka mo'olelo, ka 'ōlelo Hawai'i, a me ka 'ōlelo no'eau, i 'ike nā keiki i nā hua'ōlelo Hawai'i a me nā mo'olelo o kahi a lākou e noho nei a me ka hana a lākou." 'Oiai like a like ka 'oloke'a o nā papahana 'elua, he kahua ka papa ha'awina Keiki a kūkulu 'ia nā hana 'Ōpio ma luna a'e o ia kahua a a'o 'ia nā 'ōpio i ke alaka'i. "Koi 'ia lākou e alaka'i," mea mai 'o Vickery. "Kohu like me ka mo'olelo o Hāloa, SEE HO'OHUI KAIĀULU ON PAGE 11
Director Moilelauli'i Vickery at Hui Mōlama 0 Ke Kai's site Waimōnalo. - Photo: Sholio Kamakaokalani ^
HO'OHUI KAIĀULU
Continued from page 10 'o ke kuleana o ke kua'ana ka mālama 'ana i nā kaina." 'O ko lākou pou 'ekolu ka 'Ohana and Kaiāulu Program, i ho'onoho 'ia e ho'oikaika i ka 'ohana a nā keiki ma ka papahana ma hope o ke kula a me ke kaiaulu holo'oko'a. Ua hā'awi ke Ke'ena Kuleana Hawai'i iā HMKF i ka ha'awina kālā no 'elua makahiki e kāko'o ai i ke kūmakahiki no nā pule he 10-12 o ka Papahana Kālai Papa Me Pōhaku Ku'i 'Ai, kahi e a'o mai ai nā mea komo i ke kālai papa ku'i 'ai a me ka pōhaku ku'i 'ai me ka ho'ohana 'ole 'ia o nā mea hana uila. _ Ho'ohana pu ho'i 'o HMKF i ka ha'awina kala a ke Ke'ena Kuleana Hawai'i e mālama i nā papa ku'i kalo he 'ekolu hola kona lō'ihi i kapa 'ia 'o ka Pō Ku'i Kalo, i mālama 'ia he 'ewalu manawa o ka makahiki ma mua o ka ma'i ahulau. "I ka malele 'ana o ka ma'i COVID ma Malaki, aia akula mākou e mālama ana i nā papahana 'elua," wahi a Vickery. "Ma muli o ke kāpae 'ana i ka hui 'ana mai o nā kānaka, ua ho'omau mākou i ke a'o Papahana Kālai Papa Me Pōhaku Ku'i'ai ma ka hālāwai 'ana ma Zoom, ma nā wikiō YouTube, ma nā leka uila, ma ke kelepona 'ana, a me nā kumuwaiwai a mākou i haku ai ma ka lolouila a me nā 'enehana hou." No nā pule he 'umi ma 'Apelila, Mei, a me Iune, he hanana "holona ka'a" ka hanana Ku'i Kalo i kēlā me kēia pule. Hele nā 'ohana i ko HMKF hale ma Waimānalo ma ka Pō'alima e ki'i ai i ke kalo a inā he pono, ki'i pū 'ia nā papa a me nā pōhaku ku 'i 'ai, i hiki ke ku 'i kalo ma kauhale. Ho'iho'i akula lākou i nā mea hana ma ka Po'akahi. "Ua holo pono ia mea," kā Vickery i 'ōlelo ai. "Ua hā'awi aku mākou i ke kalo he 'ekolu haneli paona i kēlā me kēia pule i ho'okahi haneli 'ohana. E kali ana mākou i ko mākou mau hui pakanā lo'i e ha'i mai ua lawa ka nui 0 kā lākou kalo, i hiki iā mākou ke mālama hou i kekahi papahana holona ka'a no nā pule he 'umi.' Ua pā pū kā lākou papahana Keiki a 'Ōpio i ka ma'i ahulau. I ka wā i kū ai nā hana alo a he alo ma Malaki, ua kōkua nā limahana ma ka hana ha'awina kula ma Zoom, ua ho'olaha 'ia ka nūhou ma ka pāpaho launa, ua lawe 'ia nā pū'olo ha'awina i nā hale o nā haumāna, a ua kelepona 'ia nā 'ohana i kēlā me kēia pule. I ka pau 'ana o nā papahana ma Mei e like ho'i me ka ma'a mau, a ma kahi o ka ho'olaule'a 'ana he alo a he alo, aia he "hō'ike ma ke ala nui", a ua lawe 'ia ka makana, ke oka lau a me ka mea'ai 1 nā hale o nā haumāna. Ua ho'omau 'ia nā papahana ma hope o ke kula i Nowemapa, me ke kau palena 'ia o ka hana alo a he alo i ka 'ehāwale nō keiki i mālama 'ia e ho'okahi limahana (e loli ana nō i kū i nā lula aupuni moku'āina a me ke aupuni pekelala a me nā mea i 'āpono 'ia e ka CDC). "'Ae, aia nō kākou ma ka wā pōpilikia, akā e ho'olālā mākou i kā mākou hana e ho'oikaika i ka pilina o nā keiki me ka 'ohana a me ke kaiāulu 'o Waimānalo," wahi a Vickery. "'O ko mākou mana'olana ka lawelawe 'ana i ka nui o ka po'e i hiki, i mea e ho'oholomua i kā m'kou hana a e loli mau no ka pono. Kūlia mākou e lilo ko mākou 'āina he 1 1 ona 'eka he kikowaena ia. 'O ka ho'oulu i ka lāhui ka mea nui." ■