Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    HO'OULU KA 'IKE YOUTH PROGRAM: THE HO'OULU KA 'IKE YOUTH PROGRAM BEGAN IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND SCHOOL SHUTDOWNS. FROM SEPTEMBER 2020 TO APRIL 2021 STUDENTS AGES 8-13 YEARS OLD ATTENDED A WEEKLY PROGRAM THAT CREATED A SAFE, OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT TO MEET WITH THEIR TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES ONLINE. IN BETWEEN SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS, THE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN OCEAN ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS PADDLING CANOE, STAND UP PADDLING, SNORKELING, AND SWIMMING; WERE TAUGHT HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE THROUGH HULA, CHANTS, CRAFTS AND STORIES; AND PRACTICED SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH PLANTING AND MAINTAINING A FOOD GARDEN IN CONCERT WITH THE HAWAIIAN MOON PHASES. WHEN STUDENTS WERE WELCOMED BACK TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, THE HO'OULU KA 'IKE YOUTH PROGRAM PROVIDED WEEK-LONG PROGRAMS THAT EDUCATED CAMPERS ABOUT CANOE BUILDING, NAVIGATION, PADDLING, HULA, CHANTS, CRAFTS AND SUSTAINABILITY DURING FALL, WINTER, SPRING AND SUMMER BREAKS. CAMPERS WERE TAUGHT AND PERFORMED THE HULAS AND CHANTS AT FIELD TRIPS THAT WERE SIGNIFICANT TO WHAT WAS BEING LEARNED DURING THE WEEK-LONG PROGRAM. CAMPERS LEARNED ABOUT OCEAN ANIMALS AND SEA BIRDS, TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN A GARDEN, NAVIGATION AND VOYAGING. FIELD TRIPS INCLUDED VISITS TO THE MAUI FISHPOND, HUI O WA'A KAULUA TO VISIT CANOES MO'OKIHA O PI'ILANI AND MO'OLELE, KI PUKA OLOWALU CULTURAL RESERVE. CAMPERS ALSO WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE A VOYAGE BY PADDLING FROM NORTH KIHEI TO MAKENA, CAMPING OVERNIGHT, AND PADDLING BACK TO NORTH KIHEI THE NEXT DAY. OVER 50 STUDENTS HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE HO'OULU KA 'IKE PROGRAM.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $61.8K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    PROTOCOL AND HULA PROGRAM: DURING WEEKLY CLASSES LED BY KUMU KAPONO KAMAUNU, HOCVS SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND PERPETUATE HAWAIIAN CULTURAL PRACTICES BY TEACHING RELEVANT CANOE CHANTS AND HULAS TO ATTENDEES OF THE PROGRAM. THESE CHANTS AND HULAS ARE PERFORMED DURING VOYAGES AND OTHER CULTURAL PROGRAMS THAT HOCVS PARTICIPATES IN EACH YEAR. HOCVS HAS PRESENTED PROTOCOL AT EVENTS SUCH AS PADDLE FOR LIFE, BENEFITTING THE PACIFIC CANCER FOUNDATION; TRIBAL CANOE JOURNEYS, CELEBRATING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST AND THE 2021 RED ROAD TO DC, DURING THE PRESENTATION OF A 25-FOOT TOTEM POLE FROM THE HOUSE OF TEARS CARVERS OF THE LUMMI NATION TO SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR DEB HAALAND.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $5.8K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    CULTURAL CANOE TOURS & VISITOR PROGRAM: HOCVS SEEKS TO EDUCATE VISITORS ABOUT THE CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CANOE AND CANOE CULTURE. AS PART OF THE TOUR EXPERIENCE, VISITORS ARE WELCOMED ON THE BEACH, TAUGHT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CANOE AND VOYAGING SIGNIFICANCE TO THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, PARTICIPATE IN HAWAIIAN CHANTING, AND PADDLE THE CANOE. IN ADDITION, PARTICIPANTS VISIT THE MAUI FISHPOND AND ARE TAUGHT ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, HAWAIIAN CULTURE, AND HOW THESE VALUES CAN BE APPLIED OUTSIDE OF THE CANOE.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $1.5K