We are thrilled to announce the arrival of Kauluakalana, Kaleo Wong and Maya Saffery's community-based 501(c)3 non-profit whose vision is "a restored Ulupō heiau and Kawainui fishpond at the piko of our ahupuaʻa of Kailua lashed together by a braid of ʻāina, kanaka, and culture, forming an enduring bond that generates balance and abundance for our community."
We at Hikaʻalani view this as the passing of a legacy of stewardship across three generations of a single family, from the hiʻikua (carried on the back, no longer present) generation of Uncle Charlie Rose, to our own kanikoʻo (cane-using, twilight) generation of Kailua descendants, to the ao mālamalama (full light of day, enlightened) generation that we have helped to raise. We are confident that Ulupō is now directly in the hands of those best equipped to “hear” and honor it, to act in its best interest, and to ensure that it serves as both inspiration for and model of a permanent, thriving Hawaiian presence in the heart of our Kailua home.
We affirm in proud-parent fashion, the birth of Kauluakalana and the in-family transition of leadership that it exemplifies. This is about continuity, about the student surpassing the teacher, about legacy upheld and improved upon. Ulupō, in Kauluakalana’s hands, is in the best hands possible.
–Māpuana & Kīhei de Silva
Visit the new Kaulu website for info and inspiration
We at Hikaʻalani view this as the passing of a legacy of stewardship across three generations of a single family, from the hiʻikua (carried on the back, no longer present) generation of Uncle Charlie Rose, to our own kanikoʻo (cane-using, twilight) generation of Kailua descendants, to the ao mālamalama (full light of day, enlightened) generation that we have helped to raise. We are confident that Ulupō is now directly in the hands of those best equipped to “hear” and honor it, to act in its best interest, and to ensure that it serves as both inspiration for and model of a permanent, thriving Hawaiian presence in the heart of our Kailua home.
We affirm in proud-parent fashion, the birth of Kauluakalana and the in-family transition of leadership that it exemplifies. This is about continuity, about the student surpassing the teacher, about legacy upheld and improved upon. Ulupō, in Kauluakalana’s hands, is in the best hands possible.
–Māpuana & Kīhei de Silva
Visit the new Kaulu website for info and inspiration
