Focal Point: Hiki Ola is committed to education, the environment, and culture.
Ola i ka ʻĀina
Hiki Ola is blessed to work with community schools and organizations providing enriching educational engagement through its Ola i ka ʻĀina Educational Program. This program is offered at no cost to the participants and is provided through our generous funders and donations from the community.
School Partners
Hiki Ola has been blessed to work with community schools, hālau and community organizations since 2020, including:
Ke Kula ʻo ʻEhunuikaimalino
Kua o ka Lā
Hawaiʻi Technology Academy
Ka ʻOhā
Kuleana Academy
University of Hawaiʻi Haku Mele Class
University of Hawaiʻi Field Methods Class
Kanu o ka ʻĀina
HIDOE Kupuna Program
Pūnana Leo o Kona
Kona Pacific Charter School
Ka ʻUmeke Kāʻeo
Hōnaunau Elementary
Alo Kēhau
Aloha MAP
Innovations Public Charter School
Kahakai Elementary
University of Washington MEDEX PA School (Kealakekua)
Konawaena Middle School
Konawaena HS Special Education
Kealakehe Alternative Education Program
He Alo a He Alo
Tūtū & Me Traveling Preschool
Georgia Tech
NYU
Hālau:
Hālau Kaʻeaikahelelani
Hālau ʻIlima Kūkahakai
Community Organizations:
Ke Kumu Hawaiʻi
Kona Cliffs
Southwest Airlines Kona Employees
Hawaiʻi Open Arts Program (HŌʻĀ)
Lāhainā Canoe Club
Kohanaiki Kids
Kona Lions and LEO Clubs
Hōkūliʻa
Root & Rise
Autism Moms of Kona
Hawaiʻi DFI ʻOhana
Hoʻokahua Hou
Rebuilding our Cultural Foundation
Funders
Mahalo to everyone who has supported our educational program. Hiki Ola's Ola i ka ʻĀina Educational Program has been supported by the following organizations:
Kaulunani Urban & Community Forestry Program
Atherton Foundation
Hawaiʻi Life Charitable Fund
Ke Kumu Hawaiʻi
Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority Kilohana Kūkulu Ola
OHA Hoʻākoakoa Lāhua
KS Kaiāulu
West Hawaiʻi Community Fund
Research
Hiki Ola has worked with Emily Uluwehi Senegal-Thyroff, Ph.D. Uluwehi studied ʻiliahi and is very knowledgeable about the forest. She connected with ʻEhunuikaimalino students, Konawaena High School students, and members of Hālau Kaʻeaikahelelani.