The donor-advised N\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne Fund of the Hawai\u02bbi Community Foundation has awarded a grant of $18,150 to Hawaiian nonprofit Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF). The Fund aims to empower Native Hawaiians through programs focusing on transferring the traditional Hawaiian way of life to the most vulnerable members of our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grant will go to PIDF\u2019s latest project, Piha me ka Pono, a new initiative at the Kohala Schools Complex on Hawai\u02bbi Island that cultivates partnerships to bring needed academic, health, and social support services for the students and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Complex\u2019s three schools are Title I eligible and it has been recognized that so many of the students are coming to school with excess baggage,\u201d says Alison Masutani, PIDF Vice President of Operations and the Program Manager for Pili a Pa\u02bba. \u201cUnless we help to remove that baggage, no matter how strong the instruction is, the students will have difficulty learning.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That \u2018baggage\u2019 Masutani is referring to includes poverty, food insecurity, and poor physical, mental or emotional health. One of the Project\u2019s goals is to increase academic achievement of disadvantaged and under-served students through the development of after school enrichment programs that provide positive alternatives for students\u2019 free time. Support from the N\u0101 \u02bb\u014ciwi K\u0101ne Fund will go towards two different mentorship programs: sports conditioning and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Piha me ka Pono Project is an offshoot of the existing Pili a Pa\u02bba program, which was created to build teachers\u2019 skills in instructional delivery in order to raise student achievement, particularly for the Native Hawaiian students, and it is also at the Kohala Schools Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Hawai\u02bbi Community Foundation (HCF) is a 501(c)(3) public charity with over 100 years of community service and is the leading philanthropic institution in the state of Hawai\u02bbi. HCF is a steward of nearly 800 funds \u2013 including more than 200 scholarship funds \u2013 created by donors who desire to transform lives and improve communities. HCF distributes over $47 million charitable dollars to support improvements in our local communities annually. HCF also serves as a resource on community issues and trends in the nonprofit sector. For more information, visit their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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