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2000 Program summary report

1. Continued to function as an emergency food pantry affiliated with the Hawaii Island Food Bank helping on average 50-150 people in need per month.
In addition Malu 'Aina has provided food help to:
°The Hilo and Ka'u Makahiki celebrations.

°Hawaiian sovereignty gatherings.
°The Annual Houseless Children's
Ohana Ho'opakele weekly meetings.
°Ho'oponopono training.
°Christmas party in Hilo.

2. Helped in the formation of Ohana Ho'opakele and the stopping of building a Big Island prison. Ho'opakele urges traditional alternatives to prison including Ho'oponopono process and wellness/healing centers on each island.

3. Provided garden space to Hale Oluwea for adults with mental illness. Supervisor is Larry Stevens.

4. Conducted a seminar for international human rights workers from five continents and several Pacific Islands who then helped in planting native hardwood trees at Malu 'Aina. Talked also to several university classes and had classes visit the farm.

5. Sponsored demonstrations against militarism including RIMPAC, genetic food engineering and the forced cutting down on non-genetic engineered papayas on the Big Island.

6. Memorial tree plantings for 5 peace and justice workers who died in the past year.

7. Hosted interns from many places around the world including, but not limited to the following: Jochen Struck from Germany, Kwang-Hee Park from Korea, Brendan Bittlecom from Oberlin College in Ohio, Christine Cherboonmuang from UC Berkeley, Jeff Riddle of Santa Rosa ,CA,. Sunny and Lila Fly from Arizona, Shana Kale and friend
from UC Santa Cruz, Shannon Toye from MA, Sue Ann Heines from Texas, Umu Silena from Italy and others....

8. Continued weekly Bible study Tuesday nights on the farm.

9. Weekly Volcano farmers market booth and sale of produce to natural food stores.

2000 Projects
1. Donation of 1978 Dodge Van by Gigi and Makaha Farm
2. Tractor repair from fire
3. Extensive farm road repair from Heavy rains in Jan and Nov. 2000
4. Kitchen and work area roof cleaning and painting
5. New farm entrance signs

Future plans
1. Waterway flood repair: 1600 cubic yards (approx. 170 dump trucks of rock need to be removed from the waterway and orchard. Gulch created by the flood needs repair work along with reshaping of other drainage ways. The Federal Farm Service agency will likely cover 64% of the cost as a soil conservation project.

2. Put solar electric power in bamboo cabin.

3. Buy four new batteries for solar system in main building.

4. Seek Long-Term residents for farm. A young Mennonite woman, Jennifer Bernham, from Eugene, Oregon will be coming for 1 year around May 1, 2000. Several other short-term interns will be arriving in February.

5. Consider building second composting lua.

6. Explore exchange of visitors between MakahaFarm and Malu Aina farm.

Jim Albertini
Malu `Aina Center For Non-violent Education & Action
P.O. Box AB
Ola`a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760

Phone 808-966-7622 back to top
email: jima@malu-aina.org