{"id":6968,"date":"2021-08-05T08:46:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T18:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2021-11-19T12:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T22:08:22","slug":"four-unsung-heroes-recognized-for-their-critical-work-in-hawai%ca%bbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pidf.org\/four-unsung-heroes-recognized-for-their-critical-work-in-hawai%ca%bbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Four unsung heroes recognized for their critical work in Hawai\u02bbi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"HINow Segment for 2021 Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/589975633?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><em>Nominated for their critical work in addressing community needs, the Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) honors the unsung heroes of Hawai\u02bbi whose efforts bring transformational change to kids and adults. Join us as we share stories about the awardees with special musical performances and highlights from our PIDF families and friends. Learn how you too can bring transformational change to keiki and k\u016bpuna across Hawai\u02bbi.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Partners in Development Foundation\u2019s (PIDF)&nbsp;<strong>2021 Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards<\/strong>&nbsp;will recognize four individual leaders who have made a significant difference in addressing and supporting critical community needs or challenges within the state of Hawai\u02bbi. This year PIDF honors the work of Twinkle Borge and James Pakele of Pu\u02bbuhonua o Wai\u2018anae; Innocenta Sound-Kikku of Pacific Voices, a program of K\u014dkua Kalihi Valley; and Virginia \u201cGinger\u201d Fuata of Lili\u02bbuokalani Trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A pewa is a bow-tie-shaped patch used in traditional Hawaiian woodworking that is strategically placed to mend a crack along a wooden surface to prevent further damage, thus bringing unity where there was once discord. The pewa itself may not appear to play a major function, however, it introduces a new way for the older or damaged woodwork to thrive. Like the pewa itself, the Pewa Awardees operate with minimal recognition for their innovative, diligent efforts to fill in the gaps of their communities. These individuals work tirelessly to engage the resources necessary to see sustainable change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Newsletter-Body-Template.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Newsletter-Body-Template.png 1200w, https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Newsletter-Body-Template-600x257.png 600w, https:\/\/pidf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Newsletter-Body-Template-768x329.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption><em>From left to right: Twinkle Borge and James Pakele of Pu\u02bbuhonua o Wai\u2018anae; Innocenta Sound-Kikku of Pacific Voices, a program of K\u014dkua Kalihi Valley; and Virginia \u201cGinger\u201d Fuata of Lili\u02bbuokalani Trust.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>PIDF is honored to share the 2021 Pewa Awardees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twinkle Borge and James Pakele of Pu\u02bbuhonua o Wai\u2018anae created an exemplary community-driven solution to Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s affordable housing crisis, based on their lived experiences, compassion, and resiliency. Together, they manage a village of over 160 people who are houseless at the Wai\u2018anae Boat Harbor, where some \u02bbohana who participate in the PIDF Ka Pa\u02bbalana Family Education Program live. From food, shelter, health, security, and basic needs, Twinkle and James ensure that individuals and families of Wai\u02bbanae, largely of Native Hawaiian descent, have a safe place to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Innocenta Sound-Kikku of K\u014dkua Kalihi Valley\u2019s Pacific Voices program paved the way for many youth in the Micronesian and Pacific Islander community to embrace their cultural ties and successfully navigate life in Hawai\u02bbi. Innocenta leads after-school programming for children in Kalihi, which includes bilingual education, teaching oli, protocol, and values of their cultures, and traditional arts and crafts. In addition to her work at KKV Innocenta is an active advocate for Micronesian rights in areas like health care and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia \u201cGinger\u201d Fuata of Lili\u02bbuokalanai Trust is known to many at-risk youth as Aunty Ginger, for her role as a foster or h\u0101nai caregiver. In the past 23 years, Ginger has cared for and ensured the wellbeing of vulnerable Native Hawaiian children and their \u02bbohana. As a longstanding board member of the Wai\u02bbanae Coast Comprehensive Center, she advocates for health care needs for the people of Hawai\u02bbi through her work with Congressional and House representatives in Washington D.C. Ginger takes action to fill in the gaps of accessibility to resources for the community members of Wai\u02bbanae, like providing school supplies to children and hosting food distributions to address food insecurities during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo many lives have been blessed by the special individuals being honored this year as Pewa Awardees. These unsung heroes are the boots on the ground, go-getters who truly inspire transformational change. Despite the trials and tribulations we faced this year, these leaders poured their hearts into the livelihood of their community. They truly embody the pewa, playing an unassuming yet powerful role in creating a more healthy and resilient Hawai\u02bbi,\u201d said Shawn Kana\u2018iaupuni, President and CEO of Partners in Development Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards is a major fundraiser for the Partners in Development Foundation that typically takes place in person. Along with recognizing the work of Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s unsung heroes the event acknowledges and celebrates the work of PIDF within the areas of multi-generational education, strengthening families and communities, and island resiliency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hour-long Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards broadcast will air on August 21 at 6:00p.m. on KGMB, August 22 at 1:00p.m. on KHNL, and August 23 at 7:00p.m. on K5. Viewers will also have a chance to bid on an online auction as well as join the livestream event, <a href=\"https:\/\/pidf.org\/ulu-hana\/\">RSVP for free here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 Ulu Hana: Pewa Awards will recognize four individual leaders who have made a significant difference in addressing and supporting critical community needs or challenges within the state of Hawai\u02bbi. 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