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At Holomua Outreach, we care for the lineal and generational houseless descendants of Maui—families and individuals who carry deep roots in this ʻāina yet continue to face the hardship of displacement and instability. Along Holomua Road and beyond, we provide consistent outreach rooted in aloha and kuleana: delivering food, water, hygiene supplies, clothing, and shelter materials, while also helping people access photo IDs, medical insurance, SNAP benefits, and pathways to recovery and employment.
Your donations make this possible. Every contribution directly supports our ability to show up weekly with essential care, to respond when emergencies arise, and to stand with our community in dignity rather than neglect. Beyond meeting basic needs, your support fuels long-term solutions—workforce development programs, trauma-informed outreach advocates, and the creation of safe spaces where healing, cultural reconnection, and self-determination can thrive.
We ask for your help because this work cannot be done alone. Together, we can restore stability, strengthen identity, and build a future where every descendant has the resources and support needed to flourish. Your generosity sustains hope, resilience, and the collective movement to care for our most vulnerable with compassion and justice.
There are places on Maui where our people sleep with one eye open, not because they want to, but because they have nowhere safe to rest. Every sweep pushes them further into fear, further into trauma, and further away from the dignity they deserve. One night, after a sweep on Hāmākua Poko, a kupuna told us, “I just need one place where no one chases me away.” That sentence is the truth behind everything we are building.
A Puʻuhonua is not just a shelter — it is a sanctuary, a breathing place, a chance to start again. It is where someone can detox without being judged, where keiki can feel safe visiting their parents, where culture becomes medicine, and where our people can remember who they are beyond their trauma.
But a Puʻuhonua cannot rise from funding alone.
It grows from willing hands, open hearts, and community care.
Your willingness to help — to cook a meal, to clean a space, to show up, to donate, to listen — is what transforms an idea into a refuge. It is your compassion that builds the walls of safety, your aloha that strengthens the foundation, and your courage that holds the line so our people can finally breathe.
A Puʻuhonua exists because you care enough to create it.
