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Our Mission
Hoʻoulu a hoʻolako ʻo Partners in Development Foundation i nā ʻohana me nā kaiāulu e loaʻa ka lei o ka lanakila a e lawelawe pono ma o ka moʻomeheu a me ka mauli ola Hawaiʻi.
To inspire and equip families and communities for success and service using timeless Native Hawaiian values and traditions.
Our Programs
Partners in Development Foundation offers free programs and services to our Hawaiʻi community.
Harold K.L. Castle Foundation Invests $75,000 in Waimānalo’s Early Childhood Education ‘Upena Project
Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) is pleased to announce a significant grant of $75,000 from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation…
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Bringing Hawaiian Wisdom to School Gardens: How Pua Aquino’s Kalo Module Enriches School Gardens Nationwide
In an innovative effort to bridge cultural understanding through school gardens, our own June “Pua” Aquino has made a significant…
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Ka Pa’alana Program Achieves Prestigious NAEYC Accreditation+ Status
Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) is proud to announce that their Ka Paʻalana program has earned the distinguished Accreditation+ status…
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Hawaiʻi Project to End Youth Incarceration Receives $20 Million Award From Kellogg Foundation’s Global Challenge to Advance Racial Equity
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced PIDF and its collaborative partners known as the Opportunity Youth Action Hawaiʻi (OYAH) as one of the Racial Equity 2030 Challenge’s five awardees. The Challenge is awarding $80 million to help build and scale actionable ideas for transformative change in the systems and institutions that uphold racial inequities. Our project, “Kawailoa: A Transformative Indigenous Model to End Youth Incarceration”, was awarded $20 million dollars over an eight-year commitment.