Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund

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Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund

Project Report | Jun 19, 2024
An update on your donation to the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund Report

By Irene Ogbo | Senior Associate

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Thank you for your generous donation to the Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund. Your support continues to help Maui communities receive essential services such as food distribution, healthcare and trauma support, and housing reconstruction.

In our fifth grant round, your donation has supported 10 high-impact and community-led nonprofits at the forefront of recovery on the island. 

Here is a short description of some of the critical work you’ve supported:

  • Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers is a Hawaii-based nonprofit dedicated to ending the cycle of homelessness on Maui. The August wildfires destroyed the organization’s 48-unit homeless shelter and 30 rental units in Lahaina, displacing more than 140 people. The organization is still working to find long-term housing for its displaced families as they continue to offer housing assistance and rebuild  their lost shelter facilities
  • Maui Mutual Aid Fund, led by Maui Rapid Responseis a local mutual aid group focused on helping Native Hawaiians and people with disabilities navigate the complexities of rebuilding post disaster. The organization has reconstructed over 37 homes and is ensuring families and individuals living with disabilities have the necessary living equipment in their homes. MMAF is also offering casework and advocacy support for Lahaina communities and tenants evicted due to landlords’ exploitation of FEMA rental assistance. Their Native Hawaiian-led financial advisory council is also making structured mutual aid fund distribution plans to provide sustained aid to communities affected by the fires for years to come. 
  • Southern SmokeFoundationis working within Maui communities to provide flexible emergency cash assistance for food and beverage workers impacted by the fires. The organization also provides accessible mental health support and, since the fires began, has supported over 300,000 individuals with $3,000 individual cash grants. Due to the substantial loss of local businesses and livelihoods in the fires, the organization is actively working to raise additional funding to continue providing recovery assistance in Maui. 
  • Hale Makua Health Services is a local health-oriented community organization working in Lahaina, Napili, Kihei, and Kula, focusing on temporary and long-term housing solutions, transportation coordination, care navigation, behavioral health support, and social services for elderly and disabled Hawaiians. Hale Makua also provides mobile resource centers and technical assistance in partnership with other local and state actors. 
  • Roots Reborn is a collective of migrant-focused human rights lawyers and organizers on Maui directly serving immigrant communities. Their goal is to help affected refugees, immigrants, and migrant workers receive access to  translation services, housing and food assistance, support with navigating insurance claims, mental health support, healthcare, economic independence, domestic violence prevention, as well as other resources for which migrant and immigrant communities often face higher barriers of access. 

Your support of the GlobalGiving Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund powers community-led responses, and it means the communities of  Maui continue to receive  the critical resources they need to help their community rebuild after the Hawaii Wildfire.

With gratitude, 

Irene + the GlobalGiving Team

All Nonprofit Partners Receiving Grants This Round:

Aloha Diaper Bank

Arc of Maui 

Hale Makua Health Services

Hui No Ke Ola Pono

Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers

Maui Food Bank

Maui Mutual Aid Fund, led by Maui Rapid Response

Native Hawaiian Philanthropy

Roots Reborn

Upcountry Strong 

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Location: Washington, D.C. - USA
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About GlobalGiving’s Disaster Response

When a disaster strikes, recovery efforts led by people who live and work in affected communities are often overlooked and underfunded. GlobalGiving is changing this reality. Since 2004, we've been shifting decision-making power to crises-affected communities through trust-based grantmaking and support.

We make it easy, quick, and safe to support people on the ground who understand needs in their communities better than anyone else.

They were there long before the news cameras arrived, and they’ll be there long after the cameras leave. They know how to make their communities more resilient to future disasters, and they’re already hard at work. GlobalGiving puts donations and grants directly into their hands. Because the status quo—which gives the vast majority of funding to a few large organizations—doesn’t make sense.

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