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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.
Maunaloa Elementary School Achieves Remarkable Turnaround Utilizing a Community School Model
Maunaloa Elementary School, in partnership with Partners in Development Foundation’s (PIDF) Piha Me Ka Pono program, has helped to dramatically…
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PIDF welcomes Sarah Kama as Director of Finance
Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) is excited to announce the appointment of Sarah Kama, a proud Native Hawaiian and esteemed financial expert, as the new Director of Finance.
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PIDF Welcomes Summer Uwono as New Chief Financial Officer
Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF) is honored to welcome Summer Uwono, CPA, as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), succeeding Stephanie Nishimura.
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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.