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!

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

Waimānalo Christmas Parade

Youth Enrichment Program
Keiki Program & ʻŌpio Program

Date: Saturday, December 8, 2018
Location: Meet at Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Site

Tomorrow's the Waimānalo Christmas Parade!

This weekend is the annual Waimānalo Christmas Parade!  Hui Mālama O Ke Kai haumāna (students) will be riding on our float, showcasing the moʻolelo (story) of "Pōhaku Paʻakīkī". Haumāna, please arrive at our site by 7:30 am, wearing your HMK t-shirt! Mākua (parents), please contact HMKF staff to coordinate arrangements for picking up your child after the parade.  You may access some "quick links" to send a message directly to the YEP kumu (teachers)!

Mākua, please check your e-mail as messages & updates about tomrrow will be sent by YEP kumu!  Please feel free to contact HMKF staff with any nīnau (questions).
ʻOpio Program Contact
Keiki Program Contact

ʻOhana Activity: Waimānalo Christmas Parade Prep

ʻOhana Program
An Event for Our Youth Enrichment Program ʻOhana

Date: Friday, December 7, 2018
Location: Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Site

Waimānalo Christmas Parade

Calling all of Santa's Helpers!!
​Hui Mālama O Ke Kai is getting ready for this weekend's Waimānalo Christmas Parade.  Join us this Friday, from 4:00 pm until Pau Hana, as we put together our float!

This year's float theme is Waimānalo moʻolelo (stories) and our haumāna (students) have chosen to focus on "Pōhaku Paʻakīkī".

Every year it's a BIG production, so as you can imagine we are hoping for many helping hands.  Mākua (parents) & ʻohana (families), if you are interested in earning additional volunteer hours, please give HMKF Staff a jingle to learn more!
Dinner will be provided by HMKF!
​Please RSVP by Thursday, December 6!
Learn about the moʻolelo (story) of
​"Pōhaku Paʻakīkī"!

Reminder: No After-School Program, December 7th!

Youth Enrichment Programs
Keiki Program & ʻŌpio Program

Aloha e nā ʻohana:

This is a friendly reminder that there is no program after school this Friday, December 7th.  We will be hosting our December ʻOhana Activity - Waimānalo Christmas Parade Prep.  Please refer to the post on our website "Home" page for more information about that event.

Hope to see you there!

​​Mahalo.

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

Class #11
Date: Tuesday, December 11, 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 7th 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.
Mark Your Calendar!
Class #11: Kālai Papa & Pōhaku
Date: Tuesday, December 11th
​Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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