Companies That Buy

Carpenter Woodworker

Hawaii’s original titanium and Koa wood jewelry. Since 2004, we have been combining two of nature’s finest materials: Hawaiian Koa wood, traditionally used by ancient Hawaiians to make some of the first surfboards; and titanium, one of the earth’s most abundant eco-friendly metals. The resulting wood jewelry is extremely light, comfortable, non-allergenic, eco-friendly and water resistant.

With a donation towards environmental initiatives from each sale, Komo Koa aims to build an alliance of customers and non profit organizations working towards the common goal of healthier forest and aquatic ecosystems in Hawaii.

Robert Kurosu is a Kailua-based luthier focused on creating great-sounding guitars with beautiful design elements.

Kua’aina Artworks

Koa wood and clay by Tom and Julie Pasquale

https://www.hawaiikoawood.net/

Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke is an award-winning vocational training program for at-risk youth in Hana, Maui—an isolated community on the island’s east coast with over two-thirds its population of Native Hawaiian ancestry.

Our approach is to teach academic subjects through real-life, hands-on application, where students can understand the concepts they’re learning through tangible examples. But these aren’t just examples for learning’s sake. Our projects meet real school and community needs, so our students’ education immediately serves those whose lives it touches.

Self-sustenance, community relationship, cultural connection—these are some of the principles we aim to pass onto the next generation, as we create caretakers of our future, leaders of our island.

The mission of Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke (“In Working, One Learns”) is to provide Hana youth with a way to learn that makes sense to them, that builds their self-esteem and shows them they have the power to change their future.

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