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For more than 35 years, our Bilingual Access Line has reduced language bar- riers for Hawai‘i residents, and our interpreters attend about 8,000 appointments a year to help businesses, gov-
Amy Nomura, Yuka Nakatsuji and Charnell Domingo-Pelekai utilize Helping Hands Hawai‘i’s Bilingual Access Line app. A business that needs an interpreter can use the app to request one and be connected in seconds.
PHOTO COURTESY HELPING HANDS HAWAI‘I
PROOF POSITIVE
Reducing Language Barriers
By Jessica Daniels, Bilingual Access Line program manager with Helping Hands Hawai‘i the
Nonprofit Helping Hands Hawai‘i has been serving the community since 1974. Our mission is to develop community self-sufficiency and resilience by providing guidance, household goods, and opportunities for em- powerment and connection. Through our Bilingual Ac- cess Line program, we help households access services in their native languages.
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The uncertainty surround-cre ing Hawai‘i’s eviction mor-de atorium created distress for one renter, who asked for anpr interpreter so he could speakthe with housing officials. Alled prior interactions were doneto in English, so officials wereha surprised he needed helpica communicating with them.pu When they met, one of ourco Vietnamese interpretersan helped them speak with thepa resident and translated lettersan and forms to ease the indi- vidual’s fears about losing his home.
ernment agencies and other entities connect with constit- uents who may speak little to no English.
Providing this language support is crucial because more than a quarter of Hawai‘i residents speak a language
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