Manowai o   Hanakahi

Mānowai o Hanakahi (MOH) is traditionally an environmental summer experience designed for middle and high school youth. A place-based and hands-on learning program, participants learn by working with UH Hilo staff and researchers, community members, and agency partners.

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Program experiences aim to: inspire & nurture interest in the natural sciences through place-based relevant programming; share the unique ecosystems of Hawaiʻi; provide exposure to ʻāina-based pathways & careers; provide skill-building and service learning experiences that benefit our environment and communities. Mānowai o Hanakahi camps and courses are rooted in the native Hawaiian values of aloha ʻāina, mālama ʻāina, kuleana, ʻohana and laulima. 

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Mānowai o Hanakahi  Program Goals

1. Increase the stewarship ethic of participants

2. Inspire and nurture interest in the natural sciences 

3. Provide place-based engaging opportunities for participants to learn about and from the ʻāina

4. Develop skill-building and service learning experiences that benefit our environment and     communities

5. Showcase pathways to conservation careers

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Our Approach

The multi-generational pedagogy utilized by Mānowai o Hanakahi enagages youth in the process of knowing place by understanding their suroundings through a variety of lenses. Participants learn to better understand the landscape via hands-on service learning, observation skills, scientific tools, as well as community and literary resources. Activities encourage critical thinking, the application of science concepts and teamwork for optimal success. Manowai o Hanakahi seeks to help students to increase their stewardship ethic, civic engagement and confidnece while gaining new skills.

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Contact Mānowai o Hanakahi

Program Coordinator: Hoʻoululāhui Erika Perry

Email: hooululahui@gmail.com