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Malama Hawaii is a hui of over seventy organizations and hundreds of individuals committed to the vision that Hawaii, our special island home, be a place where the people, land and sea are cared for. Malama Hawaii serves to inspire, and be inspired by, the people of Hawaii to malama (care for) our island home, through a partnership that enriches our lives and our children's future.
Malie is also dedicated to malama Hawaii and donates 1% of profits to specific programs within the Malama Hawaii organization. This is one way Malie is helping to protect our fragile and valuable resourses. This year, 2008 is International Year of the Reef , a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and importance of coral reefs and threats to their sustainability, and to motivate people to take action to protect them. Malie has a focus to donate to this cause. (See press release below)
Guiding Human Values: (presented in both English and the language of our host culture)
To Care for, Protect : MALAMA
To Love, have Compassion, Respect: ALOHA
To Share with each other, be Generous: LOKOMAIKA‘I
To be Healthy: OLAKINO MAIKA‘I
To take Responsibility: HO‘OKULEANA
To seek Knowledge: IMI‘IKE
To Nurture a deep sense of Justice: NA‘AU PONO
Our work is grounded in the beliefs that:
- Caring for our home, the place we love, enriches our lives.
- Living on islands requires balancing and integrating human needs with the limits of nature.
- Quality of life is physically and spiritually linked to the land and sea, which connect us to our ancestors and to all the generations that will follow.
- We must hold our islands in good stewardship for our children.
- The universal values and traditions of Native Hawaiians, our host culture, be recognized, respected and perpetuated.
- It is important to act upon and provide positive and accurate information in all we do.
- Our success will be based on our ability to remain inclusive and trustful of one another.
- Our directions and strategies will be determined by the needs and wants of our community.
- Community-based initiatives will transform Hawaii.
- We will take action that increases public awareness and produces useful results.
- Organizations that have made a commitment to malama Hawai‘i
Read the press release, Yearlong Celebration of Hawaii's Coral Reefs Kicks Off at State Capitol. Click here.
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