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Mommy & Me

Our Mommy and Me program was created by Leilani, a neonatal nurse who used her skills and passion to bring prenatal and early development skills to our mommies and babies.

This program is currently run by our internship programs with students who are studying early childhood education, social work, or nursing.

Benefits of Mommy & Me

This program helps our mommies learn healthy and nurturing skills to aid their babies’ development. We want to help these babies with their small and large motor skills to give them a head-start in their learning processes.

These programs also offer a sense of stability and support to both mother and child to relieve some of the stresses of raising a young child.

Healthy Hearts

Our Healthy Hearts for Homeless Keiki program is designed to allow our homeless youth the opportunity to participate in sports all year round. They are keeping their Hearts healthy!

Benefits of Healthy Hearts

Across the islands, we continue to support the needs of our homeless children by purchasing and supporting their athletic needs.

We fund all their needs from shoes, uniforms, and equipment to fees, travel, and camps.

Annually we have dozens of youth participate in a large array of sports.

Football
Wrestling
Soccer
Baseball
Cheerleading
Tenis
Basketball
Volleyball
Surfing

Teen Monitoring

Teens are the largest growing homeless population in Hawai’i. Over 150 teens live in the Waikiki streets.

Our programs provide resources and stability to put their lives back on track to success.

Our year-round programs teach them to find their passion while building life skills and self-esteem

Resources & Job Training

Project Hawai’i volunteers meet regularly with our homeless teens for counseling and to help them identify short and long-term goals to their success. We assist them in developing and carrying out their plans. Each teen’s situation is unique so we work with the individual to meet their specific needs.

Employment Assistance

When teens are emotionally and physically stable enough to begin looking for employment, Project Hawai’i is there for them to support them and find the right resources to help them in their job search.

We help provide work clothes and, in some cases, a skateboard or scooter to help get them there. We support them and provide counseling to assist them in overcoming the challenges of working and creating financial budgets. It’s amazing to see their confidence and pride when they’re held accountable for their own goals.

It’s amazing to see their confidence and pride when they’re help accountable for their goals.

We have partnerships with different companies across the islands to conduct our workshops, including the Queen Kapiolani Hotel, Wiki Fresh, Old Navy, and Target. The results of their partnerships have allowed our teens to have job training, interview skills, create resumes, and secure employment.

Teen Education

Project Hawai’i, Inc. provides supportive services for those who wish to participate in school-based sports or clubs to help keep their minds active and their bodies healthy. This helps them stay focused, and out of trouble and supports them gaining self-esteem and confidence.
The results include lower dropout rates, less dependence on social service programs, and less teen pregnancies. Furthermore, our teens are guided through the college application process to attend higher education.

Project Hawai’i, Inc.
provides all their needs

from school clothing, backpacks, school fees, etc.

College Dormitory Project

Our newest development is our college dormitory, opening in the Fall of 2024. We have purchased a facility on the Big Island, 5.5 miles from the University and Community College to house 12 girls for 2 years each.

Being homeless is not the ideal situation to attend college; therefore, most won’t even consider the opportunity. Our program is designed to allow the teens to live in the dorms, free of charge, while they attend a full-schedule routine to obtain their chosen degree.

These teens will also be enrolled in on-site life and social skills workshops, employment training, and counseling.

Each girl will have a shared room, transportation to and from the campus, meals, all-supportive hygiene/room support, and counseling. The dormitory is spacious with a large kitchen, 2 separate lounge areas, and a large outdoor gathering place.