Project Grant Library
Teachers from Hawai’i public schools can apply for Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation Project Grants to help advance their environmental education goals. Previous grantees have used KHF funds for garden supplies, eco-footprint workshops, vermicompost trainings, and more. One school has raised enough worms to start a commercial-scale vermicomposting bin for their campus food waste!
Hanalei Taro Presentation and Demonstration
Kamiloiki Elementary SchoolKamilokiki Elementary School bought in two kalo farmers from Hanalei Taro on Kauaʻi to speak to 4th graders about how to grow and cultivate kalo, a plant that is so important to the Hawaiian culture. The farmers taught the students about the parts of the kalo plant, what each part can be used for, and the difficulties that kalo farmers encounter. In addition to the presentation, they brought 30 pre-cooked kalo roots for the students to look at, make observations and inferences about, and pond into paiʻiʻai, a pure mixture of kalo and water to take home. They also brought samples of two desserts that are made from kalo for all of the students and teachers: taro mochi and kulolo.
This opporutnity was shared not only with the students, but with teachers at Kamiloiki as well. The Principal, Hawaiiana teacher, Mandarin teacher, and librarian also shared in the experience wiuth the students, two of whom are not originally from Hawaiʻi.
"This was an amazing opportunity and experience for our students and faculty that would not have been possible without the help and support from Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation," Daniel Adachi, 4th Grade Teacher.
Grant Projects
- Sunscreen Police
- Mahiʻai Kalo Presentation
- Pre-KinderGARDEN for ʻEwa Keiki
- Kupuna Peace Education Project
- Preserving Healthy Harvest
- Garden Kitchen
- Pukalani’s Project Based Learning Garden
- Growing Cherry Tomatoes, Herbs and Lettuce
- Assets School Garden
- HBA Garden Expansion Project
- Vermicomposting System Project
- Peace and Sustainability Garden
- 6th Grade Smoothie Competition
- Kaulana Kawa
- What is Required to Feed Our Community?
- The Fork Project
- Pono Ponic Project
- MOMI Compost System Expansion
- Gardening Nutrition Health Project
- Fern is Where We Learn Hydroponics
- ʻĀINA Nutrition
- Conservation Station Project
- Solar Panels on the Garden
- Huli Ka Lima i Lalo
- Composting at Kaʻelepulu
- Mosaic Debris Mural Project
- Stewards of the Earth
- ʻEleʻele Preschool Garden Project
- Urban Garden Expansion
- Food Waste Reduction Program
- From Field to Table
- ʻĀINA In Schools Nutrition Education
- Hanalei Taro Presentation and Demonstration
- Kolea Gardens Project
- GreenHouse Growing Project
- Nutrition Garden Project
- ʻĀi Pono Garden
- Rain Garden Project
- Kawaikini PCS School Garden
- #sporkitup
- Aquaponics Garden Project
- Special Education Vital Skills Recycle Project
- Aiea Aquaponics/Agriculture Project
- Building a Healthier Campus: Mind, Body and Community
- Konawaena High School Garden Project
- Native Plant Rain Garden