KAIAULU INITIATIVES
EIN 99-4608757 · Environmental Education (C60)
What they do
REFORESTATION and AINA RESTORATION OUR REFORESTATION PROGRAM is THE FOUNDATION of KAIAULU INITIATIVES WORK, RESTORING LAHAINAS UPLAND WATERSHED THROUGH HANDS-ON NATIVE PLANTING, INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, and WATER SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT. SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2023, WE HAVE COORDINATED OVER 150 VOLUNTEER WORKDAYS, ENGAGING MORE THAN 1,200 COMMUNITY MEMBERS to PLANT and MAINTAIN OVER 4,000 NATIVE TREES and SHRUBS, INCLUDING AALII, KOA, WILIWILI, and ULU. VOLUNTEERS HAVE COLLECTIVELY CONTRIBUTED OVER 6,000 HOURS of SERVICE TOWARD REGENERATING THE LANDSCAPE, REBUILDING SOIL HEALTH, and STRENGTHENING THE ECOLOGICAL and CULTURAL INTEGRITY of LAHAINAS UPLANDS. EACH PLANTING EVENT STRENGTHENS BOTH THE ECOSYSTEM and THE COMMUNITY. THE RETURN of NATIVE SPECIES IMPROVES SOIL STABILITY, INCREASES GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, and REDUCES WILDFIRE RISK, WHILE PARTICIPANTS REPORT A RENEWED SENSE of HOPE, HEALING, and PURPOSE. BY INTEGRATING TRADITIONAL LAND- MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, THIS PROGRAM HAS TRANSFORMED TH
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2024
- Location
- 3932 MAHINAHINA ST, LAHAINA, HI 96761-9349
- County
- Maui
- In care of
- % GRACE DELOS REYES