Youth Enrichment Program, ʻOhana Program
​& Community Events

"Hui Mālama O Ke Kai is an after-school program, but it's also a place where self-efficacy is strengthened by celebrating traditional values, where children and families learn and create together...Hui Mālama O Ke Kai is a model for culture-based, after-school learning & we hope to be a model for the world."
- Kathy Morris, Poʻo (Executive Director) of the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation
The Latest News:
  • Special Announcements
  • Event & Program Updates

HMKF Employment Opportunities

Hui Mālama O Ke Kai is Looking For New Team Members!

Poʻo - Executive Director
We are excited to announce that the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation (HMKF) is seeking an inspiring and experienced leader to serve as, first, the Assistant Executive Director under the current Executive Director for a training period of three to six months and then as the new Executive Director moving forward.
Closing Date:  5pm on September 28, 2018

Keiki Program Limahana Kōkua - Assistant Crewmember
Responsible for serving as a teacher's assistant and program support for the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai (HMK) Keiki Program serving the 5th and 6th grade participants in our program.

Kiaʻi Ola - Lifeguard
Responsible for serving as an on-call lifeguard for the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai (HMK) Keiki and ʻŌpio Programs during the after-school time hours.

​Are you interested in applying for one of these jobs with Hui Mālama O Ke Kai?
​Click on the button below for more information!
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Mission: Cultivating pride and leadership by living Hawaiian values.
Program Events:
  • HMK Keiki Youth Enrichment Program
  • HMK ʻŌpio Youth Enrichment Program
  • HMK 'Ohana Program

Orientation Dinner
ʻŌpio Youth Enrichment Program

Date:  Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Location:  Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation Site
We are ready for another program year!  Are you?!

Haumāna (students) who successfully enrolled in our ʻŌpio Youth Enrichment Program for 2018-2019 are invited, along with their ʻohana (families), to attend an orientation dinner!

Come and see what you can expect for this next year, including what we have planned for our ʻŌpio Orientation Camp this weekend!

If you haven't RSVP'd to attend this event, please contact Amber immediately, 808.383.3309 (mobile) or 808.259.2030 (office).

​We look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow night!

*This is a mandatory event for all ʻŌpio Program haumāna.

Orientation Camp
ʻŌpio Youth Enrichment Program

Date:  Friday-Sunday, September 7-9, 2018
Location:  Liliʻuokalani Trust, Kīpuka Haleʻaha, Hauʻula
Guiding youth to become the next leaders of tomorrow...

​Hui Mālama O Ke Kai's annual ʻŌpio Leadership Camp is this weekend, September 7-9, 2018!

Check out the event flyer for more information about:
 - Camp Dates
 - Location
 - ​ʻUkana Drop-Off
 - Van Schedule: Pick Up & Drop Off Times

Details regarding camp will be shared with haumāna (students) and their ʻohana (families) at the ʻŌpio Orientation Dinner on Wednesday, September 5, 2018.

*Both Orientation Dinner & Camp are mandatory events for all ʻŌpio Program haumāna.

Papahana Kālai Papa me Pōhaku Kuʻi ʻAi
Poi Board and Poi Pounder Workshop
'Ohana Program
​Hoʻoulu Kaiāulu Workshohp (Community Building Workshop)

Orientation
Date:  Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Location:  Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation Site

Hui Mālama O Ke Kai is excited to announce that we will be going into our seventh year of providing board and stone carving classes to the community!

It's that time of year again where we will be hosting our Papahana Kālai Papa me Pōhaku Kuʻi ʻAi series.  This is a wonderful opportunity for the entire ʻohana to learn the traditional craft of hand carving a poi board and hand shaping a poi pounding stone all while learning the essential tools of strengthening and maintaining a healthy family - mind, body and soul.

There will be an Orientation info night on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 6pm at the Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Site.  We hope to see you all there!

Pō Kuʻi Kalo
'Ohana Program
​Hoʻoulu Kaiāulu Event (Community Event)

Date:  Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Location:  Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation Site
Aloha mai kākou,

Our last Pō Kuʻi Kalo was so much fun and the next one is coming up soon! This is a Hoʻoulu Kaiāulu Event that is open to the community.

Individuals and families interested in joining us for the evening are encouraged to "View Event" below.  You will be taken to an RSVP form for this ʻOhana Program activity.  Please complete the form to the best of your abilities!

​The cost of kalo is $3.00 per pound.  Payment may be made at the event, cash or check accepted.

The deadline to make your reservation is
​Friday, September 7th!  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to give us a call at (808) 259-2030 or send us an email at ohana@huimalamaokekai.org.

We would love to see you there!  Mahalo.

Student Productions

Both audio tracks were composed and performed by staff & students of Hui Mālama O Ke Kai.

Current Moon Phase

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Pō Mahina
Na Mary Kawena Pukui

Kamali’i ‘ike ‘ole i na helu pō
Muku nei, Muku ka malama
Hilo nei, kau ka Hoaka
‘Ehā kū, ‘Ehā ‘ole
Huna, Mōhalu, Hua, Akua
Hōkū, Māhealani, Kulu
‘Ekolu Lā’au, ‘Ekolu ‘Ole
‘Ekolu Kaloa
Kāne, Lono, Mauli, Muku!
 
All you children who do not know the phases of the moon
Here is Muku, Muku the moon,
Here is Hilo, Hoaka appears,There are four Ku, four ‘Ole
Then Huna, Mohalu, Hua, Akua
Then Hoku, Māhealani, Kulu
There are three Lā’au, three ‘Ole
There are three Kaloa
Then Kāne, Lono, Mauli and Muku