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Paper Mentions The Work Of Waimānalo-based Nonprofit
Public health researchers looked into the efforts of Na- tive Hawaiian-led groups and how they navigated through the pandemic in a paper pub- lished in the Journal of Indig- enous Social Development, which included nonprofit Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo.
co-author of the paper. Nonprofit Kupu lent a hand
“This paper highlights the power of Native Hawaiian communities during these trying times,” states Jane Chung-Do, senior author and associate professor with University of Hawaiʻi at Mā- noa’s Office of Public Health Studies within the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.
by coordinating chefs and culinary students to prepare the meals, while deliveries were made possible thanks to Aloha Harvest. The state De- partment of Hawaiian Home Lands and Waimānalo Mar- ket Co-Op, meanwhile, pro- vided the sites for daily food distribution.
KKNOW, which aims to promote health and sustain- ability in East Oʻahu, has distributed 24,000 meals and 3,500 boxes of fresh produce to Waimānalo families over the past year, as well as seeds and seedlings of traditional Hawaiian crops.
“These efforts succeeded because these Native Hawai- ian-led groups anticipated the needs of the community and leveraged existing resourc- es and relationships to meet those needs,” states Ilima Ho-Lastimosa, the lead au- thor of the paper and a com- munity coordinator at the Waimānalo Learning Center of UH Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Hu- man Resources. “It is key that these organizations all have history with the community and have earned the trust of the members.”
“The goal of KKNOW is to build community resil- ience by helping fellow Na- tive Hawaiians grow their own food before further dis- ruptions strike,” states Kirk Dietschman, president of Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo and a
To learn more about KKNOW, visit kekulanuio- waimanalo.org. Those who would like to read the paper can visit journalhosting.ucal- gary.ca/index.php/jisd/arti- cle/view/70933.
In the past year, Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo has orchestrated many food distribution events for East O‘ahu families. PHOTOS COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I
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