Funded community projects
Community projects funded by ANA, as profiled on the former regional websites (mostly a Pacific project directory, plus one Eastern grantee spotlight), in one list.
Current items (36)
- American Samoa Language Academy The American Samoa Language Academy will increase the use of the Samoan language among youth in grades 7—12. In American Samoa, young people are using phonetic transliteration…
- E HU E – Hawaiian Language and Culture for Community Capacity Building Kūlaniākea will develop and implement a cohesive, culturally age-appropriate educational program for all ages in order to support the Native Hawaiian language and culture in…
- Emergency Management Program and Leadership Opportunities for Youth (EMPLOY) The University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) under the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) proposes to increase the number of trained emergency…
- Eyak i Fino’-ta: Developing A Bilingual School Model for Guam The Commission on CHamoru Language and the History and Culture of the Indigenous People of Guam (Kumisión) will work in conjunction with the Saint Frances Catholic School (SFCS)…
- Feed Our Villages, Feed Our Future The Farm to Table Guam-Corp’s Feed our Villages, Feed our Future program will provide specialized training and mentorship to both new and experienced farmers who wish to…
- FoundHer Purple Mai’a will help Native Hawaiian women-owned businesses build the capacity required to create new jobs by offering culturally relevant, gender specific business development…
- GREAT LAKES INDIAN FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (GLIFWC) Featured Grantee GREAT LAKES INDIAN FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION (GLIFWC) Maajii-Ojibwemowag (They Begin to Speak Ojibwe) is a Native American Language Preservation and Maintenance…
- GUMA — Guam Unique Merchandise and Art, Inc. Guam Unique Merchandise and Art, Inc. (GUMA) will create a nexus for community commerce and networking through the development of CHamoru cottage industries within Guam’s 19…
- Giving Voice to Our Native Nonprofits The Marianas Alliance of Non-Governmental Organizations (MANGO) will build the capacity of nonprofit organizations that serve Native communities so that they can effectively…
- H.A.K.O.: He Ala Ku Ola (A Journey of Life) Aha Kane: Foundation for Advancement of Native Hawaiian Males will improve the spoken language proficiency of Native Hawaiian youth by offering an immersion cultural class about…
- He pūkoʻa kani ʻāina: A coral reef that grows into an island The “He pūkoʻa kani ʻāina” project will develop, pilot-test, and implement a culturally, linguistically, and age-appropriate Hawaiian language nest program. The project will…
- He ’Ohana Punana Leo “Strengthening Family Engagement in Language Nests” The ’Aha Pūnana Leo, Inc. will strengthen family engagement in language nests by facilitating an educational environment grounded in Hawaiian language and culture. Pūnana Leo…
- Ho’omohala- CDFI Support of Native Hawaiian Self-Sufficiency Waianae Economic Development Council will develop their emerging Native CDFI to foster the development of stable, diversified local economies and economic activities that provide…
- Kani Kuaola: Amplifying Livelihoods in Mele Kahuli Leo Le’a will implement an innovative training and music production program that improves marketing and earnings among Mele Practitioners. Mele is song and poetry, woven…
- Kuhohonu Holani Hana, Inc. will increase stakeholder engagement in their strategic planning and decisionmaking processes while simultaneously building community capacity through an…
- Kūkū Kapa Ē: Building Traditional Hawaiian Kapa Makers Hiʻohia will increase the number of Hawaiian Kapa Makers, culture bearers who specialize in the art of creating fabric out of Wauke (Paper Mulberry) bark, who participate in the…
- Kūpuna Community Care Network II Kula no na Po‘e Hawaiʻi (KULA), a community-based 501c non-profit, formed in 1992 in Papakōlea to provide programs and services to achieve health equity for our community. Our…
- Lemmai-Mei Nonprofit Incubator Marianas Alliance of Non-governmental Organizations will enhance the local Native nonprofit organizations’ capacity to effectively operate projects that address barriers to…
- Mahalo No Ka Mea Ai Farmers Market Hanalei River Heritage Foundation will establish a culture-based Farmers Market that provides their community with healthy, affordable foods, as well as wrap-around social/human…
- Mahope — Ku ‘A’ali’i The Consortium for Hawai’i Ecological Engineering Education will inspire students from Native Hawaiian communities to achieve socio-economic success by building resilience…
- Mana Kanipila Mana Maoli will increase the learning and perpetuation of Native Hawaiian music, knowledge, and culture available to all Native Hawaiians in the places where they reside.…
- Mana Kupuna Mana Maoli will develop and implement a cultural based digital storytelling program for Native Hawaiian youth to give them the skills and knowledge to perpetuate the cultural…
- Mauloa Restoration Project Na Kalai Waa’s Mauloa Restoration Project will bring together the remaining six Masters of traditional Hawaiian canoe carving and construction (Kālai Waʻa) to pass on their…
- Na Hunahuna ‘Ike Project (Fragments of Knowledge) Awaiaulu, Inc. will increase the number of qualified Hawaiian Knowledge Keepers/Historians capable of unlocking significant knowledge in Hawaiian language repositories. Cultural…
- Panee Mua — Meheu Akaka Project (PM-MAP) The Native Nations Education Foundation will improve education and career readiness success rates among at-risk Hawaiian adults in their East Hawai’i Island community. Native…
- Project I Kū Nā Loea, or Readying the Masters Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program will increase the employability among Native Hawaiian youth through vocational career pathways, such as carpentry, construction, and culinary…
- Project Iwi Kuamoo Aha Kane will improve the care and protection of ancestral Hawaiian bones and burial sites through training in traditional and contemporary repatriation and reburial practices.…
- Project Maona: MAO Organic Farm’s Edu-preneurial Auwai Expansion Wai’anae Community Re-Development Corporation (WCRC) will leverage the catalytic expansion of MAʻO Organic Farms, a native Hawaiian, community-governed social enterprise, to…
- Restoring Community Health Hana Health will reduce the number of Hana District Native Hawaiians suffering from diabetes and those at risk of developing diabetes through increased access to traditional…
- Revitalizing the Native Hawaiian Language through Aina-Based Learning and Cultura Halau Ku Mana will create a language education program for secondary school students that combines aina (land)-based learning, cultural practices, and standards-based content…
- Solving for X: Reinventing Ocean Stewardship Leadership Pathways Friends of the Mariana Trench Monument (FOMT) will create pathways to increase community interest in natural resource management policy and careers. Thecommunity has identified…
- Taotal Tasi (People of the Ocean) Maritime Career Pathways 500 Sails will improve local long-term employment prospects for native young people entering the workforce. Currently, poor local employment prospects are draining the native…
- The Pacific Innovation and Tech Academy (PITA) Project The Christopher James Foeoletini Ledoux Foundation’s (The Foeoletini Foundation) Pacific Innovation and Tech Academy (PITA) seeks to enable individuals to receive adequate…
- Training and Employment of Native Hawaiians as Certified Peer Specialists Pua Foundation will improve supports for Native Hawaiians to stay out of the child welfare and criminal justice systems by employing Native Hawaiians with lived experience in the…
- Ulu Laukahi Project (ULP) Five Mountains Hawai’i, Inc. will increase access to holistic, managed care and support to improve Native Hawaiian physical and mental health, including the chronic disease…
- “Na Lachok I Fino Chamorro Gi Faneyakan” The “Na Lachok I Fino Chamorro Gi Faneyakan” project will increase the level of language proficiency by engaging Chamorro elders and youth in the intergenerational transmission…