Human trafficking is a crime that forcefully exploits women, men, and children and involves transporting someone into a situation of exploitation. This can include forced labor, marriage, prostitution, and organ removal. According to www.dosomething.org, roughly 50,000 people are trafficked into the US each year, and trafficking...
Turn pocket change into local change for Hawaii youth. Hale Kipa has partnered with RoundUp so that everyone can easily donate spare change from credit and debit card purchases. RoundUp is an app that donates monthly change on purchases to a selected nonprofit by rounding up...
Hale Kipa held a grand opening ceremony for its new multi-purpose Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Hale Kipa Youth Services Center in West Oahu on March 12. Staff, community members, legislators and other invited guests celebrated with a formal blessing, donor and partner recognition, and tour. Located...
Michael Magaoay has served on Hale Kipa’s board for nearly a decade. He has more than four decades of experience in various engineering disciplines, as well as serving for 10 years in the State House of Representatives for District 46. Michael discusses how his business and legislative background have shaped his time on the board, and what...
The actual 50th Anniversary of Hale Kipa’s Incorporation took place on January 26, 2020. That is somewhat ironic since January of 2020 was also the month that the agency began to occupy its new Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Hale Kipa Youth Services Center on Old Fort...
Hale Kipa received a $20,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Kaua‘i Community Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. “Mark and I are proud to support Hale Kipa’s work to ensure Kaua‘i’s young people enter adulthood with the confidence, skills, and knowledge to succeed. We look...
Pictured above: (standing, from left to right) Cameron Nekota (president of the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation), Cheryl Nekota, Dave Cassidy, Anne Namba (Anne Namba Designs), Greg Sitar (Hale Kipa board member), Susan Sitar, (sitting, from left to right) Bob Harrison (CEO, First Hawaiian Bank), Henry Kapono (Singer/songwriter), Lezlee Ka‘aihue, Lori Harrison On Feb. 22, 2020, nearly 140 attendees gathered at the Ho‘okupu Center in Kewalo Basin...
Each March, social workers are celebrated across the U.S. during National Professional Social Work Month. This year, the official theme is “Social Workers: Generations Strong” According to the National Association of Social Workers, March is an opportunity for social workers across the country to highlight the important contributions...
Imagine what a difference it would make if YOU could help ONE youth complete high school, heal from sex trafficking, or have a place to call home. “This is a safe haven, to grow and heal, this is an answered prayer. Thank you Hale Kipa for helping the children in...
