Hui Nohona
The Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts held the 2021 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Awards and honored PIDF’s very own Hawaiian Cultural Specialist, Aaron Mahi.
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Our Na Makamae for June is a face familiar to many: Aaron Mahi, a Hawaiian cultural specialist assistant with our Hui Nohona team.
Read MoreOur Hui Nohona culture team stayed busy through the month of October, giving several trainings, webinars, and demonstrations to staff and program families.
Read MoreJan Dill, President of Partners in Development Foundation (PIDF), received the Angels in Adoption recognition, an award from a program hosted by the Congressional Coalition of Adoption Institute.
Read MoreNow days it’s uncommon to see people cooking in an imu, but Partners In Development Foundation plans to keep the ancient Hawaiian tradition alive. The Hawaii Tourism Authority has granted funding for PIDF to offer an new program called Ka ʻIke Nohona (the understanding of cultural practices).
Read MoreIn Hawaiian culture, mana is a spiritual quality that is considered to have supernatural origin, a sacred force. It is a form of a spiritual energy in addition to healing power, which can be found in places, objects as well as within people.
Read MoreFiguratively speaking in English, using “kai nō” in this manner can be seen as a colloquial way of saying something like, “I thought we were supposed to work on Friday, but it was a holiday,” as compared to the more formal example, “I had no prior knowledge that there was a holiday last week.”
Read More‘ōlelo: Language, speech, quotation, statement, utterance, quote, converse, tell
Read MoreRider Levett Bucknall staff participated in Partners In Development Foundation’s servant leadership program.
Read MoreHoni ihu (the touching of nose to nose) is a traditional form of greeting one another. It is the practice of hanu, taking in the essence of another, and respectfully acknowledging the presence of his/her ancestors.
Read MoreWhen we hear the word patience we tend to think of situations in which we are actually impatient; having to stand in long lines, waiting for someone to finish eating so we can all leave the table after dinner or literally sitting at a stop light for five minutes watching all the cars go in the opposite direction.
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