Focus Hawaii Service Project for Kahana Valley

Authors

• Brigham Young University Hawaii

Files

Description

This episode documents a large‑scale community service project at Kahana Valley, where more than 700 students from Brigham Young University–Hawaii joined local residents to restore culturally significant sites. Participants work on clearing invasive vegetation, repairing rock walls around the historic Waialua fishpond, tending graves at the old Mormon chapel, and helping revitalize taro patches within the valley. Community leader Ron Johnson, a fifth‑generation descendant of the Nuhi family, explains the valley’s interpretive program, which uses kalo (taro) and the loʻi as a hands‑on classroom to teach traditional Hawaiian values, sustainability practices, and ahupuaʻa‑based resource management. Students share their experiences of service, culture learning, teamwork, and connection to the land, while organizers describe long‑term goals such as restoring taro fields, reestablishing a working fishpond, and revitalizing historic and cultural sites throughout the valley.

File Size

501 MB

Archives Call Number

22.FH

Air Date

Spring 4-24-2002

Keywords

Kahana Valley, Waialua fishpond, BYU–Hawaii students, Kahana service project, taro patch restoration, loʻi kalo, Hawaiian cultural values, ahupuaʻa system, sustainability education, kupuna graves, historic chapel restoration, indigenous vegetation removal, community service Hawaiʻi, Ron Johnson Kahana, DLNR partnership, Hawaiian ecosystem management, cultural stewardship, Focus Hawaii

Disciplines

Education

Recommended Citation

Brigham Young University Hawaii, "Focus Hawaii Service Project for Kahana Valley" (2002). Focus Hawaii. 2.
https://digitalcollections.byuh.edu/focushawaii/2