Posts in the "Kupuna (Elder) Projects" Category

• Leveraging Federal Stimulus Monies

  Community Projects
  

  Building Program students are helping leverage federal stimulus monies through a project managed by Maui Economic Opportunity.

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• Solar for Auntie

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  We also built a cottage for Auntie this summer, and put solar panels on the roof. Now her whole family has hot water heated by the sun.

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• Uncle’s New Hale

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  This summer, we built a cottage for a deserving uncle in Hana, who had been sleeping in an abandoned camper van that finally rusted out.

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• Using the Backhoe to Make Gardens

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  We’ve now put in 8 gardens for Hana kupuna with our new backhoe …

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• Auntie’s Garden

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  By learning from our kupuna how to grow our own food, we can keep these skills alive.

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• Backhoe Training

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  Learning to use the backhoe isn’t always easy, but it’s fun! We’re going to be putting in gardens for our kupuna—

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• Safety and Handicap-Access Improvements

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  n summer 2005, we began collaborating with Hale Hulu Mamo (Hana’s Senior Center) and Ohana Makamae (Hana’s Family Resource Center) …

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• Auntie’s Home on Wheels

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  Picture one of the cottages we built rolling down the highway on the back of a flatbed truck through the winding streets of Hana.

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• A Christmas Gift for Uncle

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  When a local uncle was trying to repair his own roof, the wood was so termite eaten, it fell apart on him.

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• More Kupuna Cottages

  Kupuna (Elder) Projects
  

  One of the things we love doing most is building cottages for our kupuna … we use a system called “modular building

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