He lāhui ola, he lāhui mauli, he lāhui mauli ola
An abundant, vibrant, and psychologically resilient lāhui.
Providing culturally relevant behavioral health services for Native Hawaiian haumāna at UH Mānoa.
The Pilinahā Framework
Connection to
place
to have a kinship with ‘aina
Connection to
community
to love and be loved; to understand and be understood
Connection to
past and future
to have kuleana
(a purpose in the world)
Connection to
your better self
to find and know yourself
The mission of Ka Malu a Waʻahila is to foster a safe, therapeutic space for our kānaka maoli students, faculty, and staff within the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Our mission is born from the acknowledgment of historical and intergenerational trauma, to cultivate healing pathways that elevate the behavioral health of the lāhui.
Purpose – Kumu Paʻa
We believe that decolonizing mental health and improving access to culturally safe and responsive services is an act of psychological self-determination and moves us in the direction of collective mauli ola.
