Where We Are Going...

Malama Hawai'i

The task for the Voyaging Society in the new Millenium is to find a new context in which our voyaging heritage and our canoes play a vital role in education to build a bridge between the values of the past and the needs of the future. We want to develop educational programs and partnerships under the banner of Malama Hawai'i that will examine how our people survived for so long on such small islands. Malama Hawai'i will look back at where we've come from, where we are today, where we're going. It's about learning and stewardship. It's about caring for the ocean, our coastlines, our coral reefs, our precious islands.

A Vision for the Future: As a community organization we are attempting to unite the Hawaiian cultural concept of voyaging with building healthy and sustainable communities through a statewide education program. The Polynesian Voyaing Society seeks to take the mystique of Hokule'a and the science and adventure of voyaging to stimulate interest and attention. Then, through educational and community-based programs such as the Statewide Sail, teach the lessons of building, navigating, exploring and discovery learned through the tradition of deep sea voyaging.

Malama Hawai'i: Malama Hawai'i is a joint effort of individuals and organizations across the State, including the Polynesian Voyaging Society, working together to take care of Hawai'i. A good example of such an effort is the Reforesting Ka'ana Project in West Moloka'i.