COVID-19 and Native Hawaiians
An examination of the COVID-19 crisis and resulting vulnerabilities, impacts, needs, and hopes for the future in Native Hawaiian communities.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting communities throughout Hawai'i. Timely, reliable, and detailed data are needed to understand these impacts and provide appropriate responses.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs' Systems Office, Liliʻuokalani Trust, and Kamehameha Schools' Strategy & Transformation Group formed a collaborative Native Hawaiian COVID-19 Research Hui aimed at gathering and providing data on Native Hawaiians. Our efforts explore the ways Native Hawaiians have been impacted by the pandemic, conditions that place communities at risk, and ways of moving forward to create a better normal.
About the Office of Hawaiian Affairs
Established by the state Constitutional Convention in 1978, OHA is a semi-autonomous state agency mandated to better the conditions of Native Hawaiians. Guided by a board of nine publicly elected trustees, OHA fulfills its mandate through advocacy, research, community engagement, land management and the funding of community programs. Learn more at www.oha.org.
About Liliʻuokalani Trust
Liliʻuokalani Trust (LT) was established in 1909 by Hawaiʻi’s last ruling monarch, the beloved Queen Liliʻuokalani. Her Deed of Trust directs that the Queen’s assets be utilized to serve and provide for orphan and destitute Hawaiian children in perpetuity. With its vision of “e nā kamalei lupalupa, thriving Hawaiian children,” LT believes that every child has the inner strength and self determination to discover their path to a thriving life, and strives to transform lives.
About Kamehameha Schools
Established in 1887, Kamehameha Schools is a private charitable educational trust endowed by the will of Hawaiian princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, the great-granddaughter and last direct descendant of King Kamehameha I. The mission of Kamehameha Schools is to improve the capability and well-being of Hawaiians through education. Learn more at www.ksbe.edu.
For more information, please contact the OHA Systems Office at carlah@oha.org
Last Updated: May 28, 2020