HPIRC Projects
Annual Hawaii Parent Guide
Fifity pages of valuable information and resources for parents, regardless of their children's age. This guide was put together by the Hawaii Department of Education, The Honolulu Advertiser, Hawaii Parent Information Resource Center (HPIRC), Gear up Hawaii, the Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, and the Hawaii State Department of Health.
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The Sundays Project
The Chuukese make up one of Hawaii's newest and fastest growing populations. As religion plays a huge role in Chuukese culture, HPIRC is currently partnering with a faith-based organization to extend its reach to Chuukese parents. As a team, HPIRC and and Chuukese church elders and translators from the 4C's Church of Kailua are identifying family issues important to this community, and implementing workshops and linkages accordingly.
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Chuukese and Marshallese Radio Programs
Imagine arriving in a foreign land and finding your usual social support network gone or turned upside down. HPIRC is currently partnering with Chuukese and Marshallese women's groups, the Department of Health, Olelo Television, and KNDI Radio to broadcast Marshallese and Chuukese skits that address health and education issues. Members of these women's groups are are newcomers to the Hawaiian Islands, dedicated to motivating their communities to become more active in their families' future.
Learn more about the Chuukese Radio Programs
Learn more about the Marshallese Radio Programs
Acculturation Handbook
Voyaging Together To A New Life: A Handbook for Newcomers to Hawaii
As with other ethnic group newcomers, the Chuukese and Marshallese populations are faced with exciting yet challenging adjustments in their new home. The intent of this handbook is to provide an acculturaion tool for those from the Freely Associated States.
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Got Uku? (UKU PROJECT)
Many of Hawaii’s children are missing school due to endemic uku (head lice) infestation. The stigma associated with uku, and the school work missed when a child is sent home from school can have long-lasting repercussions on a child’s education. For many of us who grew up in Hawaii, a short bout of uku was part of childhood; something we can look back and laugh about. However, to many of our low-income and immigrant families already faced with language, cultural and economic challenges, the cost, knowledge and accessibility of commercial uku products can create large barriers to education.