Funder Spotlight: Hawai’i Community Foundation
Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) has been a long-standing partner and funder for INPEACE programs. Since 2014, INPEACE has received multiple grants to support both programmatic and organization wide initiatives
Eō – Answering the Call for Tomorrow’s Leaders
INPEACE’s Ho‘oulu Waiwai (“to build wealth”) program has been running for eight years now and has provided financial workshops and counseling for over 1,600 people, most of them Native Hawaiian. The program uses mo‘olelo (Hawaiian stories) and ‘ōlelo no‘eau (Hawaiian proverbs) to help participants better understand financial concepts.
Investing in Teachers-To-Be: Funder Spotlight – Dr. Dolores Curtis
INPEACE’s Ka Lama program aims at getting more Wai‘anae Coast residents certified to teach in the schools within their community. In recent years, the Delores Curtis Scholarship has helped immensely in achieving this goal. A retired University of Hawai‘i professor, Dr. Delores Curtis seeks to honor the memory of one of her most cherished colleagues through this scholarship fund.
Aloha United Way and Hawaii Community Foundation Awards $300,000
Aloha United Way and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation are committed to finding solutions that lead to a more equitable and sustainable Hawai’i. We are excited to share that INPEACE – Ho’oulu Waiwai Financial Capabilities is part of the 2022 – 2024 ALICE Initiative Cohort and have been granted $300,000 over the next three years!
Building Healthier Financial Habits – A Participant Spotlight on Leihualani Naldoza
It’s been said that discipline is “remembering what you want.” For Mrs. Leihualani Naldoza, that has certainly held true when it comes to her family’s finances. The Hilo resident and Ho‘oulu Waiwai program participant explains what it was like for her and her husband prior to finding INPEACE’s financial capabilities services:
