Welcome to Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke Building Program … We’re a hands-on learning program that substitutes textbooks and classroom work with tools and job experience. The best way to learn about us is through our pictures and stories—look below for our latest projects, and check out our short videos!
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Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is a building program for high school students in the remote island community of Hana, Maui. The kids learn building skills and then create handicap-access ramps, community centers, and small homes for kupuna (elders).
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Click to play a short video of Hana youth helping their community, while learning to build solar hot-water bathhouses, cottages, and safety improvements …
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Our youth were able to work with a licensed solar installer, to create a large 7-kilowatt grid inter-tie system for a Hana kupuna (elder). The family required this level of system to offset their high electrical bill caused by the elder being on a respirator 24/7. The project allowed our kids to learn about large [...]
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This sailing canoe mosaic was student-created out of donated tile—it’s now installed in a student-built bathhouse at a local kupuna (elder) home, which will soon house a solar hot-water system.
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A Hana family home was recently destroyed by fire—our students are helping them rebuild from the ground up …
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Our new 9th graders are currently building an Agricultural Learning Center on the Hana School campus …
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Several of our building program students have also chosen to participate in our new Mahele Farm agriculture program
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Students built two bathhouses for local Hana families that will soon house solar hot-water systems
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