Always New Things to Learn – An Early Learning Participant Spotlight: Christina Taosoga
Parenting can feel like a daunting challenge – even for the experienced. Wai‘anae resident Christina Taosoga, would concur. Christina is a mother of four: 28 year-old Nicole, 16 year-old Payton, 14 year-old Hyrum, and 2 year-old Kala. Having already been a mother for 26 years, she had experience to spare when Kala was born, but so much time had passed since she had a newborn, she understandably felt out of practice. That is where INPEACE’s Hi‘ilei home visiting program came in.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Awards $175,000
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) has awarded $175,000 to INPEACE through the Native Hawaiian Teacher Education & Professional Development Grant to support the collaborative work with Native Hawaiian community members working towards their academic and professional goals on a teacher career pathway.
Ola Wai‘anae – Keiki Kaiāulu 2021 – Culture-based Learning, Project Spotlight
“Ola Wai‘anae i ka makani Kaiāulu.” This famous proverb was affectionately announced by Hiʻiakaikapoliopele as she arrived outside of Waiʻanae during her travels back to Hawaiʻi island with Pele’s sweetheart Lohiʻauipo of Kauaʻi. Like most traditional Hawaiian moʻolelo, visitors who arrived in new places would announce and honor those places by greeting the land, the winds, the rains and its people.
Department of Community Services City & County of Honolulu Awards $200,000
The Department of Community Services City & County of Honolulu has awarded $200,000 to INPEACE through the Grants In Aid program to help strengthen new businesses with the strategic focus on businesses owned by families with young children.
U.S. Department of Education – Native Hawaiian Education Program Awards $1,044,941
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $350,471 to INPEACE through the Native Hawaiian Education Program to support an afterschool culture- and place-based program that engages Native Hawaiian youth in the discovery of self, cultural identity, and connection to place in order to promote and develop motivation, pride, and leadership skills to envision and work towards a positive future and academic success.
