{"id":20032,"date":"2025-04-11T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T23:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/?p=20032"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T23:47:37","slug":"pidf-board-of-directors-and-leadership-team-visit-program-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/pidf-board-of-directors-and-leadership-team-visit-program-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Listening, Learning, and Leading Together: PIDF Board of Directors and Leadership Team Visit Program Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Partners in Development Foundation\u2019s (PIDF) Board Members and Leadership Team spent the day traveling around O\u02bbahu, connecting more deeply with the people and places at the heart of PIDF\u2019s work. Their visit included stops at <a href=\"http:\/\/pidf.org\/kapaalana\/\" title=\"\">Ka Pa\u02bbalana<\/a> Hope Preschool and Hoa \u02bb\u0100ina o M\u0101kaha sites , <a href=\"http:\/\/pidf.org\/kekamapono\/\" title=\"\">Ke Kama Pono<\/a>, and the Ka Pa\u02bbalana offices\u2014where they were immersed in the stories, values, and inspiration shared by the individuals who bring the mission to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the day, board members and leaders were guided by the dedicated program teams who serve these communities every day. Mahalo to the project directors and staff who led the visits and offered firsthand insight into each program\u2019s impact!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Board visit to Ka Pa\u02bbalana site\" class=\"wp-image-20033\" style=\"width:716px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From participating in Parent And Children Together (PACT) time, to sitting in on Parent Education classes, to walking through a pu\u02bbuhonua created for youth at Ke Kama Pono, the day was filled with powerful moments of pilina (relationship-building) and \u02bbike (understanding). Each site visit offered a closer look at how PIDF\u2019s programs support families through culturally grounded approaches, and how staff and participants continue to shape these spaces with care, resilience, and aloha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the close of the visit, the Board and Leadership Team left with a renewed understanding of why this work matters\u2014and the collective commitment that makes it possible. As the \u02bb\u014clelo No\u02bbeau reminds us, <strong>\u201c\u02bbA\u02bbohe hana nui ke alu \u02bbia\u201d<\/strong>\u2014no task is too big when done together. That spirit was felt throughout the day in the way PIDF comes together to uplift one another and strengthen Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s communities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2.jpg\" alt=\"Board visit to Ke Kama Pono site\" class=\"wp-image-20034\" style=\"width:730px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We extend a sincere mahalo to the staff and participants who welcomed the Board and Leadership Team with such warmth and aloha. Your stories are the heartbeat of this organization, and a meaningful reminder of the purpose that guides this work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partners in Development Foundation\u2019s (PIDF) Board Members and Leadership Team spent the day traveling around O\u02bbahu, connecting more deeply with the people and places at the heart of PIDF\u2019s work.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":20035,"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":[77,103,93,94],"tags":[225,195,136,221,222,571,570],"class_list":["post-20032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ka-paalana","category-ke-kama-pono","category-leadership","category-program-staff","tag-board-of-directors","tag-ka-paalana-2","tag-ke-kama-pono","tag-partners-in-development-foundation","tag-pidf","tag-pidf-leadership-team","tag-site-visits"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20032","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\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20032"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20038,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20032\/revisions\/20038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}