{"id":18502,"date":"2023-06-06T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/?p=18502"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T20:34:55","slug":"two-mentorship-programs-receive-fundamental-support-to-empower-vulnerable-native-hawaiian-youth-populations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/two-mentorship-programs-receive-fundamental-support-to-empower-vulnerable-native-hawaiian-youth-populations\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Mentorship Programs Receive Fundamental Support to Empower Vulnerable Native Hawaiian Youth Populations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hawai\u02bbi nonprofit, Partners in Development Foundation, and two of its youth-serving programs received $120,000 from N\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne to provide comprehensive mentorship services focused in the areas of education, workforce development, and emotional, social, and mental health. The programs, Ka Hana No\u02bbeau, a youth mentorship initiative in Honoka\u02bba, received over $40,000; and Kupa \u02bbAina Farm, a 5-acre Hawaiian natural farming project in Kailua, received $80,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honoka\u02bba High and Intermediate School are Title I eligible schools located in a rural, primarily Native Hawaiian populated community on Hawai\u02bbi Island. Funding for the Ka Hana No\u02bbeau initiative will consist of three mentorship tracks rooted in Hawaiian culture and STEAM, including model rocket building, fine arts, and Hawaiian ethnobotany. The program partners with the schools to match students with positive adult role models to grow intellectually, interpersonally, and emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThe mentorship program provides invaluable support to participants, such as access to resources that are otherwise unavailable, especially for those struggling socially and emotionally,\u201d said Angella Brandt, Ka Hana No\u02bbeau Project Coordinator. \u201cOne mentee shared that our program gave them a \u2018sense of place.\u2019 We encourage students to strive for higher education, especially because some families do not have that mindset as they struggle to make ends meet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kupa \u02bbAina natural farm in Kailua will use the funding to continue services to support and mentor Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s most at-risk and vulnerable \u02bb\u014dpio (youth ages 14-24). The youth will connect with the \u02bb\u0101ina while participating in services centered on workforce development, mental health, and college pathways. The farm is located on the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center, adjacent to the Hawai\u02bbi Youth Correctional Facility. Because Hawai\u02bbi imports more than 80% of its food, Kupa \u02bbAina partners with state and community organizations to focus on natural farming as a path towards sustainability, reconnecting with traditional Hawaiian practices and educating the community to transform Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s food systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne is a certified Native Hawaiian Organization with a mission to grow the reach of its community impact and strengthen the Native Hawaiian community. The organization supports programs and projects focusing on transferring the skills, values, and practices of the traditional Hawaiian way of life to the most vulnerable members of the Hawai\u02bbi community. PIDF is N\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne\u2019s first beneficiary, from which several programs have benefited since 2005. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cN\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne is able to reach many Native Hawaiian keiki, \u02bb\u014dpio and their \u2018ohana with the help of PIDF and their programs. It takes a village to raise a child and together with PIDF we are doing it one keiki and \u02bb\u014dpio at a time,\u201d said Maylisajoy Kamakeeaina, Director at N\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Partners in Development Foundation and its ten free programs and services, including Ka Hana No\u02bbeau and Kupa \u02bbAina natural farm, go to pidf.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over $120,000 will enable the youth of the Honoka\u02bba and greater Windward O\u02bbahu region to benefit from services such as career pathway development and mental health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":18505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,20,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ka-hana-noeau","category-news","category-piha"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18508,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18502\/revisions\/18508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}