Students are now working on a double kupuna (elder) cottage for two sisters who are house-bound and living with extended family. The new cottage will give these deserving kupuna a space of their own, while surrounded by the love and care of their ʻohana (family).
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Students responded to the emergency need of a local auntie, who needed a handicap-access means of bathing herself after a stroke made it impossible for her to access her shower. She now has a wheelchair-accessible shower, complete with beautiful tile mosaics, created alongside the cottage our kids built for her several years ago.
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In January, our youth answered the call of Hana’s Family Resource Center, ʻOhana Makamae, when they requested a handicap ramp to help clients better access their facilities. Our kids also recently retrofitted two local houses with grab bars and handicap-access toilets, to help prevent falls and injury. And they built a ramp for a local [...]
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Our students put the finishing touches on the rebuild of a local home that had recently burned down, including a solar-heated shower and full kitchen … the family is now moved in!
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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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When a tree fell through the roof of a family home, the neighborhood came together to build them a new one …
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Many of our former students want to keep building and learning with us, so we created a new Graduate Apprenticeship Program …
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To get our community stoked on their solar system installations (see Leveraging Federal Stimulus Monies), we asked what supporting structure would help them the most.
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