Wai Huihia Kumu Network
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What is the Wai Huihia Kumu Network? For 7 years the Wai Huihia Kumu Network provides a space for formal and non-formal educators with varying levels of experience in 'āina-based education to come together to exchange knowledge, ideas, and resources. We can all learn from each other as well as from other organizations to build new skills and feel more confident and supported to implement 'āina-based education wherever we are. One way we would like to accomplish this is through monthly gatherings after school featuring different schools or sites that implement 'āina-based education. These monthly gatherings will be held every third Tuesday of the month (October 2025-May 2026) from 3:30pm-5:00pm . Another way we would like to support and grow the field of ʻāina-based education is through the ʻĀina-Based Education Certification (ABEC) program. The Wai Huihia Kumu network is facilitated by Mālama Learning Center. Mahalo nui loa to the NOAA BWET-Hawaiʻi program and Kamehameha Schools for providing financial support to create this program. |
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Upcoming Wai Huihia Events:
Please join us for our Wai Huihiha Kumu Network "Welina Mai" (welcome) gathering on Tuesday October 15, from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM via Zoom. At this gathering, you will have a chance to learn more about this network, participate in an ʻāina-inspired activity that you can do with your students, and find out more about how you can earn an ʻĀina-Based Education Certificate and why thatʻs important! We welcome you to join us as we gather our fabulous kumu back together! This gathering is free to attend and open to formal and non-formal educators on all islands.
Please register HERE by Friday, October 11
*A Zoom link will be sent as the date approaches.
Watch this video for more information about the Wai Huihia Kumu Network:
Mahalo to our supporters!
**Initial partners of the Wai Huihia Kumu Network include the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (Mālama Honua Fund and Nānākuli-Waiʻanae Complex), INPEACE, Kamehameha Schools Waiʻanae Coast and ʻEwa regions, Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation, MA’O Organic Farms, Mālama Learning Center, Mālama Puʻuloa, Mālama Loko Ea, Cultural Learning Center at Kaʻala, NOAA BWET Hawaiʻi program, Pacific American Foundation, PALS & PLACES, Ulu Aʻe Learning Center, and the University of Hawaiʻi at West Oʻahu and Mānoa campuses. More partners are welcome to join!
