Ka Po‘e o Kaka‘ako /
The People of Kaka'ako.
On any given night, over two thousand people on O'ahu can be found flat out on the sidewalk, in makeshift tents, under tarps and in doorways all over O'ahu. They are also dug in on the slopes of Diamond Head, throughout Makiki, and up along Manoa hillside, along byways in Kapahulu, in front of the Neal Blaisdell Center on Kapi'olani, increasingly under freeway overpasses, and out on the beach at Sand island. And these are just the people without cars.
Here, a glimpse under the tarp. Look straight into that world, and hear words directly from that experience.
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Acknowledgements
Mahalo to Hui Aloha, James Koshiba, Cathy Kawano-Ching and Alani Apio, for all they do, and for the care they put toward this project.
Mahalo to Connie Mitchell, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Services and her team .
Mahalo to our Architecture Team from the Community Design Center for making our models.
Jessa Dela Cruz
Anthony Butac
Monet Jones
Michael Corotan
Advisor: Cathi Ho Schar
Links
Ka Po'e o Kaka'ako
Voices of Kaka'ako
Hui Aloha
Dear Thalia, film about a family living on the street in Kaka'ako, by Rex Moribe Pu'uhonua o Wai'anae, a model kauhale village
Here, a glimpse under the tarp. Look straight into that world, and hear words directly from that experience.
Acknowledgements
Mahalo to Hui Aloha, James Koshiba, Cathy Kawano-Ching and Alani Apio, for all they do, and for the care they put toward this project.
Mahalo to Connie Mitchell, Executive Director of the Institute for Human Services and her team .
Mahalo to our Architecture Team from the Community Design Center for making our models.
Jessa Dela Cruz
Anthony Butac
Monet Jones
Michael Corotan
Advisor: Cathi Ho Schar
Links
Ka Po'e o Kaka'ako
Voices of Kaka'ako
Hui Aloha
Dear Thalia, film about a family living on the street in Kaka'ako, by Rex Moribe Pu'uhonua o Wai'anae, a model kauhale village