At its core, Papahana Kuaola educates and advocates for a healthy Hawai’i, focusing on people and our relationship to ‘aina and each other. Education is our primary purpose and Waipao is our classroom without walls. Our educators conduct aina-based education opportunities for students, educators, and community. We have established general educational goals that are age specific and cater to a variety of contact situations which are intensive daily contact, once a week involvement, and one-time field trips. The goal is to maximize contact hours and favor contact situations with multiple visits and to produce and implement educational programs and curriculum that emphasizes modern issues and problem-solving skills through Hawaiian knowledge.
