{"id":19970,"date":"2025-10-21T12:58:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/?p=19970"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:30:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:30:16","slug":"kupa-aina-receives-30000-from-indigenous-tomorrows-fund-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/kupa-aina-receives-30000-from-indigenous-tomorrows-fund-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kupa \u2018Aina Receives $30,000 from Indigenous Tomorrows Fund Grant\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a first-of-its-kind initiative led by young people (ages 14-24), Native Americans in Philanthropy, Newman\u2019s Own Foundation, and Novo Nordisk has awarded Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) $30,000 from the Indigenous Tomorrows Fund<\/a>. The grant will benefit PIDF\u2019s Kupa \u2018Aina Natural Farming Project<\/a> (Kupa \u02bbAina), which is paving the way for a food-secure Hawai\u02bbi by developing sustainable food production models and providing cultural \u02bb\u0101ina (land)-based experiential education and workforce development. Kupa \u02bbAina serves as a place for learning, healing, and connecting to \u02bb\u0101ina.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to growing produce using agroforestry and Indigenous methods, Kupa \u02bbAina also offers two programs to youth, Ho\u02bbokahua Workforce Development Program and Ho\u02bbokanaka Cultural Diversion Program. Through these programs, youth are given the opportunity to improve their vocational skills and strengthen their identity and values using \u02bb\u0101ina-based practices. The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund will support Kupa \u02bbAina as it continues to foster island resiliency, sustainability, and positive development in our youth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“During my time at Kupa \u2018Aina, I learned to look at things from a different perspective, learned how to wait for the right place, the right time,\u201d shares Colt, who experienced the transformative programs at Kupa \u2018Aina. \u201cBeing at Kupa \u2018Aina helped me change the way I think, the way I do things.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund is supporting organizations across the nation that are implementing community-led strategies to advance health and wellbeing, secure food justice for children, and strengthen intergenerational connections between culture and healing. The Indigenous Tomorrows Fund distributed $720,000 to communities across the United States. PIDF is honored to be 1 of 24 recipients, and 1 of only 3 in Hawai\u02bbi. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This grant will help Kupa \u02bbAina continue connecting program participants, volunteers, and community members with \u02bb\u0101ina and sustainable natural farming methods. Through \u02bb\u0101ina, food security is one step closer, values are defined, and personal growth is achieved. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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