Institute for Museum and Library Services Awards $99,482
The Institute for Museum and Library Services has awarded $99,482 to INPEACE to advance the Indigenous Science Center’s Mahina Exhibit project.
Empowering Keiki With Culture
Growing up on a homestead farm on Hawai‘i Island, where she still resides, Puhala helped her parents and family to care for the land and animals. As a young person, she believed that the many people considered her as “just a farm girl”. Puhala dreamed of becoming a dentist and was a semester away from finishing dental school in Texas, but while she was visiting home during a school break, family circumstances resulted in her deciding to stay home and help with the farm and support her family.
Hawai’i Community Foundation – CHANGE Grants Awards $30,000
The Hawaii Community Foundation has awarded a $30,000 CHANGE Grant to INPEACE to advance our work in increasing educational equity through the development of a traveling exhibit that provides Hawaiian-focused STEM related activities for youth.
Empowering Ohana
As a young mother, Carla Ring-West knew that she wanted to be involved with her children’s learning. Through her participation and learning in Keiki Steps, and leveraging the knowledge she gained in teaching her own children, she blossomed into an educator and advocate for early childhood education.
Samuel N. & Mary Castle Foundation Awards $50,000
The Samuel and Mary Castle Foundation, committed to improving the lives of Hawaii’s children and families by improving early education, is supporting INPEACE with a $50,000 grant award to strengthen and enhance early learning programs to ensure continued academic growth and development for our youngest keiki.
