Summer Programs

ʻAha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo (ALO) is a culturally-responsive leadership development, mentoring, and transition support system for Native Hawaiian and other youth of Pāhoa High School.

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

The Financial Lo'i program helps Native Hawaiian families provides financial literacy training through the use of cultural concepts and mo'olelo. Participants apply what they learn to achieve financial stability and sustainability.

The Future Ancestors program is an introduction to entrepreneurship through the concept of Waiwai (Value Creation). Each exploration will be tailored to highlight the richness found in each community.

The Future Ancestors program is an introduction to entrepreneurship through the concept of Waiwai (Value Creation). Each exploration will be tailored to highlight the richness found in each community.

The Future Ancestors Program is an introduction to Entrepreneurship through the concept of Waiwai (Value Creation). It will be tailored to highlight the richness of each community we explore.

Hanohano Kalalea is an intersession program that prioritizes Kanaka Maoli methods of self-sufficiency.

Program include activities relevant to the stewardship of Heʻeia Fishpond. Learners will support existing programs on-site with restoration, education, and resource distribution.

The HoAMa Summer Mentorship Program is a 3-week Hawaiian culture-based education program of huiMAU, which engages keiki in hands-on ʻāina education.

The Mālama Hāloa 2023 summer program will engage 10 native Hawaiian youth in a summer program that will focus on loʻi restoration, stream maintenance, kalo farming and kuʻi ʻai.

Haumana (K-8th grade) will be immersed in the moʻolelo and daily practices of our ancestors through hands-on experiences rooted in aloha ʻāina.

Haumana (K-8th grade) will be immersed in the moʻolelo and daily practices of our ancestors through hands-on experiences rooted in aloha ʻāina.

This person program will grow ʻōiwi leaders through ʻike kūpuna. Keiki and mākua will increase social capital and access resources while keiki build literacy and STEAM skills.

This person program will grow ʻōiwi leaders through ʻike kūpuna. Keiki and mākua will increase social capital and access resources while keiki build literacy and STEAM skills.

This program is meant for students who have come through our other programs and shown an interest and developed some skill that will allow them to take on more complex tech/innovation projects.

Hands on ʻāina immersion program for students to connect to their wahi and familiarize themselves with place-based practices and values.

Ka Pahuhopu O Kawainui engages ʻōpio in aloha ʻāina practices including haʻi moʻolelo, huli ka lima i lalo, komo i ka ʻāina, and hanai.

Kapu ka Hāloa 2023 is a six-week ʻohana mālama ʻāina intensive program that focuses on empowering Koʻolauloa families with knowledge of Hawaiʻi food systems, and tools to cultivate their own.

Providing summer programming ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Preference is given to haumāna attending Kawaikini.

Hui Mālama O Ke Kai’s afterschool programs (5th-12th grades) provide youth with homework help, healthy snacks, cultural protocols, and culturally grounded kai- and `āina-based activities.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Engage in culture/place-based lessons on daily huakaʻi to: Apply ʻike Hawaiʻi, critical thinking & communication skills to serve as alakaʻi for community. Embrace learning & discover passions.

This program will focus on Mahi’ai Kalo, planting, fertilizing and prepping kalo to eat.

Makapuʻu Bodyboarding Club
In the Water, Off the Streets

We educate keiki and community in ocean safety, knowledge skills and practices. We help in saving lives by educating and training participants in risk assessment skills and ocean safety techniques.

Learners will connect to their culture through moʻolelo, hoe waʻa, kilo, and hana noʻeau at Keʻehi. They will participate in a reef walk huakaʻi with a DAR marine biologist.

Summer is a 5-week experiential learning program that engages keiki in authentic Hawaiian culture, Aloha ‘Aina and the arts with the intent of inspiring future generations of ‘õiwi leaders.

Summer is a 5-week experiential learning program that engages keiki in authentic Hawaiian culture, Aloha ‘Aina and the arts with the intent of inspiring future generations of ‘õiwi leaders.

Nā Kilo o Miloliʻi Summer Enrichment Program is a ʻāina and project based enrichment program focused on assessing the natural and cultural resources of the ahupuaʻa of Miloliʻi, Kauaʻi.

In Summer 2023, Kalanihale will host its 13th annual Lawaiʻa ʻOhana Camp in which Apprentices and Junior Apprentices will showcase their learnings.

huiMAU’s Mālama ʻĀina Camp is a 4-day immersive overnight program, which seeks to mentor Hawaiʻi ʻōpio in Hawaiian culture-based values and practices of ʻohana, kuleana, and aloha ʻāina.

huiMAU’s Mālama ʻĀina Camp is a 4-day immersive overnight program, which seeks to mentor Hawaiʻi ʻōpio in Hawaiian culture-based values and practices of ʻohana, kuleana, and aloha ʻāina.

Mōhala i Ka Wai aims to address the overall health and well-being of a given ahupuaʻa. This specific project focuses on Ahupuaʻa ʻo Hauʻula and Ahupuaʻa ʻo Kahana.

Keiki will learn about farming systems and Hawaiian culture based education through hands-on activities.

This is an 'Aina Based Program meant to focus on the mea ko'iko'i/ waiwai (special and unique) to Haleleʻa and particularly Ha'ena people both historically and currently.

Mālama Loko ea Foundation will to engage Kindergarten to high school students and, specifically native Hawaiian students, from the moku of Waialua of O‘ahu, to learn about the ʻāina momona of Waialua

Nā Kula Kaiapuni Kauwela provides official DOE Hawaiian Immersion summer school programs at 8 elementary sites and 1 secondary site across 4 islands.

This program will be an intensive dive into the many youth programs Ke Kula Nui O Waimanalo offers, some activities include lawaia, hana noeau, aloha aina, and leadership training.

Ola i ka ʻĀina - Mohala Nā Pua is a leadership development program grounded in ʻike kupuna and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi preparing individuals, primarily youth, to be aloha ʻāina leaders.

The Papahana Puakahinano Summer Series seeks to build ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi skills and vocabulary, and cultural practitioners through ʻāina, wahi pana, and ʻike Hawaiʻi hands-on experiences.

Piʻina is an internship program for high school students that focuses on leadership and field experience in Native Hawaiian practices and ‘āina-based learning.

Piʻina is an internship program for high school students that focuses on leadership and field experience in Native Hawaiian practices and ‘āina-based learning.

An internship for 25 high schoolers, 8 college students and 5 kumu for Waianae, with the goal of providing aina-based learning that connect them through historical, cultural and environmental lenses.

Summer program for Academic and Hawaiian Cultural Enrichment and Enhancement:

Strengthening pilina with the Waimānalo kaiāulu, Waimānalo Aloha ʻĀina summer programs provide the kahua for haumāna to fulfill their kuleana of addressing the most pressing local and global issues.

YWKC will empower participants via activities in and around the ocean that increase their self-confidence, sense of well-being and their belief in the power to shape their future.