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Nāwaipuna cultivates emerging leaders through immersive, ʻāina-based learning grounded in ʻike kūpuna.
Your support sustains cultural practice, stewardship, and leadership development through the Makaliʻi Project.
Our Impact
10+ years of programming
Multiple participant cohorts
Hawaiʻi, California, and Pacific partnerships
Hundreds of hours of stewardship and cultural learning
What Your Support Makes Possible
PEOPLE
Who carries the work forward.
Developing emerging leaders through cultural practice and place-based learning.
PLACE
Where stewardship becomes practice.
Participants build lasting relationships with ʻāina through stewardship, restoration, and care.
PILINA
The relationships that sustain both.
Shared experiences create connections that continue long after the program ends.
Over the Next Decade, Your Support Will Help Sustain:
Annual Makaliʻi Project cohorts
Indigenous knowledge exchange
Leadership development
Cultural and environmental stewardship
Long-term continuity of this work
Become a Sustaining Donor
The relationships we build with people and places develop over time. Monthly contributions provide reliable support for participant learning, stewardship activities, cultural practice, and long-term program continuity.
Monthly Giving Options
$10/month
Supports participant learning materials resources.$25/month
Supports stewardship activities and cultural practices.$50/month
Supports experiences and leadership development.$100/month
Helps sustain annual cohorts and long-term program growth.Other
Choose an amount that is meaningful to you.
What your Support makes possible
$50 Support learning experiences
$500 Support leadership development
$100 Support stewardship and cultural practice
$1000+ Invest in long-term continuity
$250 Support place-based learning
Other - Contribute at any level
For more than a decade, participants have engaged in cultural practice, stewardship, and Indigenous knowledge exchange through the Blue Water Exchange and the Makaliʻi Project.
Together, we can ensure these opportunities remain available for future generations.
Nāwaipuna is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law. EIN # 85-2060460