WCC Sustainability: Volunteer

Ho‘okua‘āina is a community group using ancient Hawaiian traditions of kalo cultivation to engage and improve the lives of today’s youth. Join us!

Hui o Ko`olaupoko (HOK) is a 501(c)3 non-profit watershed management group established in 2007 to work with communities to improve water quality through ecosystem restoration and storm water management, focusing specifically in the Ko`olaupoko region – from Makapu`u to Kualoa. HOK implements innovative, on-the-ground projects that effectively manage and protect water quality and natural resources in Hawai`i.

The mission of KEY Project is to nurture and promote the cultural, environmental, social, economic and recreational well-being of the Kualoa-He’eia area by providing a vital grassroots civic resource that effectively serves the needs of our diverse multi-cultural community.

Established in 2006, Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi is a Hawaiʻi 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose mission is to perpetuate the culture and practices of Native Hawaiians. Kākoʻo ʻŌiwi is situated in the ahupuaʻa of Heʻeia, moku (district) of Koʻolaupoko, on the island of Oʻahu. At that time, Kākoʻo’Oiwi was governed by a seven-member Board of Directors and was led by Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Jonathan Kanekoa Kukea-Shultz and Janice-Renee Yoshioka.

Paepae o He’eia is a private non-profit organization dedicated to caring for He’eia Fishpond – an ancient Hawaiian fishpond located in He’eia Uli, Ko’olaupoko, O’ahu. Established in 2001 by a group of young Hawaiians, Paepae o He’eia works in partnership with landowner, Kamehameha Schools, to manage and maintain He’eia Fishpond for the community. Paepae o He’eia was established to mālama He’eia Fishpond and serve as kia’i to this precious resource and treasure.

Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (KKV) is a community health center and federally qualified health center that serves the ahupua’a of Kalihi on the island of O’ahu, Hawai’i. Our staff are fluent in 26 Asian and Pacific Islander languages and dialects and work out of nine locations. KKV is the nation's only community health center to have a nature preserve as a site for healing. Guided by a social-determinants of health approach, we provide a wide range of programs and activities that connect people to family, culture, community, land, and comprehensive clinical services, for an overall improved sense of self.

The Sunrise Movement is a youth movement to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We’re building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America, end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics, and elect leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.