Waimānalo
Ke Kuleana
OLA KINO is a pilot program developed by Kenneth Ho during the spring of 2017 and put into action in the summer of 2017.
Holding certifications in emergency medicine, personal training, and water safety, Kenneth conceptualized the program with the intent to combat the many health disparities, social injustices, and historical traumas that have plagued Native Hawaiians since colonization via ʻōpio ʻōiwi (native youth).
H. Ilima Ho-Lastimosa has spearheaded numerous sustainable garden projects beginning with the garden at Blanche Pope Elementary School in Waimānalo in 2009. Most recently, she took a leadership position in the revitalization of the garden at Hawaiʻi's governor's mansion in Honolulu in 2016. Ilima also launched the Waimānalo backyard aquaponics program in 2010; resulting in 70 families receiving training and backyard systems.
The partnership of the sister and brother brings about multiple disciplines that lead to a wholistic approach to attacking the many negative issues Native Hawaiians face. Drawing from Kenneth's training, keiki are going to be moving their bodies via exercise both on land and in sea. Ilima will introduce keiki to gardening and aquaponics by planting edibles during the first week - edibles which will be harvested during the last week for consumption during the culminating event, the hōʻike.
Use of ʻIke and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian culture and language) is the overarching premise through all activities, instilling pride in being Hawaiian.
A six-week program with three two-hour meetings per week, OLA KINO ventures to address health disparities in Native Hawaiians through exercise and healthy food production and consumption; social injustices through the practice of ʻIke Hawaiʻi, including oli and lāʻau lapaʻau; and historical traumas through ʻIke and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, including wahi pana and moʻokūʻauhau.
Holding certifications in emergency medicine, personal training, and water safety, Kenneth conceptualized the program with the intent to combat the many health disparities, social injustices, and historical traumas that have plagued Native Hawaiians since colonization via ʻōpio ʻōiwi (native youth).
H. Ilima Ho-Lastimosa has spearheaded numerous sustainable garden projects beginning with the garden at Blanche Pope Elementary School in Waimānalo in 2009. Most recently, she took a leadership position in the revitalization of the garden at Hawaiʻi's governor's mansion in Honolulu in 2016. Ilima also launched the Waimānalo backyard aquaponics program in 2010; resulting in 70 families receiving training and backyard systems.
The partnership of the sister and brother brings about multiple disciplines that lead to a wholistic approach to attacking the many negative issues Native Hawaiians face. Drawing from Kenneth's training, keiki are going to be moving their bodies via exercise both on land and in sea. Ilima will introduce keiki to gardening and aquaponics by planting edibles during the first week - edibles which will be harvested during the last week for consumption during the culminating event, the hōʻike.
Use of ʻIke and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian culture and language) is the overarching premise through all activities, instilling pride in being Hawaiian.
A six-week program with three two-hour meetings per week, OLA KINO ventures to address health disparities in Native Hawaiians through exercise and healthy food production and consumption; social injustices through the practice of ʻIke Hawaiʻi, including oli and lāʻau lapaʻau; and historical traumas through ʻIke and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, including wahi pana and moʻokūʻauhau.