{"id":249589,"date":"2024-01-01T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=249589"},"modified":"2023-12-29T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T10:12:44","slug":"grant-report-transcend-international-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2024\/01\/grant-report-transcend-international-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Report: TRANSCEND International–Hawaii\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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28 Nov 2023 \u2013 <\/em>Mahalo TRANSCEND International-Hawaii for the generous funding of Hawaii Literacy and our Waianae Summer Fun Program which made it possible to continue this popular program that seeks to connect \u2018opio with impactful learning experiences beyond the school environment.<\/p>\n

The $10,000 TRANSCEND International \u2013 Hawaii generously granted to Hawaii Literacy\u2019s Bookmobile Program allowed us to make 24 stops to five Summer Fun Sites along the Waianae Coast; at Makaha, Pilila\u2019au, Waianae, Maili & Nanakuli; and visit one event during the summer, La Ho\u2019iho\u2019i Ea, for a total of 25 visits. Including at La Ho\u2019iho\u2019i Ea we hosted 699 people in total, 652 keiki\/opio and 47 adults; and had a total of 1526 visits this summer from June 14 \u2013 July 27, 2023.\u00a0 At these sites were were able to distribute 400 literacy kits and 1473 books to kids in Kindergarten to 12th grade and several adults as well.<\/p>\n

The main objective of this program is that youth will be engaged with literacy by learning about Hawaiian and other global cultures through learning-based activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year we focused on the potency of names.\u00a0 We started with a chant adapted by our staff that allowed each person to share their name and where they are from, however they defined that.\u00a0 We also introduced the poem, Choosing My Name<\/em> by Puanani Burgess and discussed the meaning of their names and the roles names can play in our lives.\u00a0 The song Hawaii Aloha<\/em> was taught along with aspects of its significance and that like its composer, Lorenzo Lyons, even if you are not from Hawaii, we can develop a strong connection with this land we call home.\u00a0 Wai\u2019anae and the meaning of this name along with the characteristics of the \u2018anae fish and its younger form, the \u2018ama\u2019ama were covered as we asked kids what trait they shared with the \u2018anae.\u00a0 We also discussed the role of pa\u2019akai, its meaning and importance including the preservation of food and then we invited them to partake of it themselves. Our last lesson focused on the Hukilau and working together to help provide for not only ourselves but our ohana and community as well.<\/p>\n

On the last day at our site we asked the question, \u201cWhat did you like about when the Bookmobile visits?\u201d to participate in \u2018opio and some of the Summer Fun staff as well.\u00a0 Of the 131 responses we recorded 98% liked when the Bookmobile visited, the most popular reason being the access to books and reading (51%).\u00a0 Interestingly,\u00a0 when we put together some of the varied statements like the value of the Hawaiian lessons and the impression that the pa\u2019akai, pahu, ihe, \u2018ukulele and other elements of the activities we did with them, those things added up close to 50% as well.\u00a0 One student mentioned his main takeaway was that Hawaiian History was presented in a balanced way and that the Hawaiians weren\u2019t treated very well by the Americans.\u00a0 Others mentioned that they like learning and it was fun to be here.\u00a0 Some of the staff commented that it\u2019s hard to get the kids interested and involved, especially the older kids, this is the hardest group but look at them, they are all engaged.<\/p>\n

We deeply appreciate the vision and support from TRANSCEND International-Hawaii to further the collective dream of growing a strong lahui.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Pua\u2019Ena Burgess is <\/em>Hawaii Literacy Bookmobile Program Manager.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

28 Nov 2023 – Mahalo TRANSCEND International-Hawaii for the generous funding of Hawaii Literacy and our Waianae Summer Fun Program which made it possible to continue this popular program that seeks to connect \u2018opio with impactful learning experiences beyond the school environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":99517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196],"tags":[1309,1450],"class_list":["post-249589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transcend-news","tag-hawaii","tag-transcend-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249589"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251533,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249589\/revisions\/251533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}