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History & Heritage

Manawa Kūpono

 Manawa Kūpono is a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) established in Honolulu, Hawaii 

Our purpose is to promote and support the economic and social development of the Native Hawaiian community through business development activities. Our participation in the SBA 8(a) Program allows us to provide revenue support that directly benefit Native Hawaiians.

Preservation

Assistance

Education

An NHO participating in the SBA 8(a) program

Revenues earned will be expended to qualifying organizations for benefits that include but are not limited to scholarships, grants, direct purchases or endowment support.

 Distribute earned revenues on the basis of merit to the identified service areas:

  • Programs which provide economic & social development and training for Native Hawaiians
  • Programs that enable housing opportunities for Native Hawaiians
  • Programs that assist Native Hawaiian elderly and disabled in accessing financial and health benefit and services
  • Programs which provide vocational skills for Native Hawaiian adults and children
  • Programs that promote and preserve Hawaii’s environment, unique culture and history
  • Educational endeavors that facilitate scientific research and technological advances which advance Native Hawaiians in the workplace 

Supported Organizations

Educational and culture preservation programs benefiting Native Hawaiian students and helping to ensure perpetuity of the Hawaiian Language.

A Native Hawaiian nonprofit that was established in 1983 with a vision of “E Ola Ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi” (The Hawaiian Language Shall Live) and a mission to revitalize the Hawaiian language as a living language in Hawaiʻi and beyond. For the past 30+ years, the APL has set a solid foundation and built a reputation for its commitment to normalizing our Hawaiian language in its homeland.  APL is seen as a global model for indigenous language revitalization and is part of the global steering committee for the United-Nations that declared 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages.  All of the ʻAPL’s progress and recognition to date continues to be grounded in its Pūnana Leo preschools which are ensuring that new generations of Hawai’i’s keiki are being raised speaking Hawaiian. The organization is clear, however, that in order for the language to thrive, its efforts and impact need to expand as it moves forward.  APL hopes these preschools will grow to serve even more keiki and their families. Currently, there are 12 Pūnana Leo sites statewide, and as communities continue to show a desire for more Pūnana Leo, it wants to be able grow and sustain the resources necessary to deliver quality Hawaiian language programming.

Revenue support and technical guidance to WHHA for activities that include economic opportunities, housing, elderly support and vocational skills.

WHHA is a resident organization established in 1999 consisting of Native Hawaiians residing on Hawaiian Homelands Trust Lands in Kula, Maui.  WHHA received 501c3 designation in 2005 and has since been working to secure funding and develop community improvements and services for their homestead community.  Since 2005, WHHA has developed a 5-acre community park site, consisting of a certified commercial kitchen, cultural hale, outdoor amphitheater and open park space.  Through their efforts, WHHA has realized their potential ability to create employment opportunities THROUGH development.  To this extent, WHHA has embarked on an initiative called “Project WE-DO” (Waiohuli Economic Development Opportunities). WHHA is in position to secure a long-term lease to approximately 200 acres of State of Hawaii, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands trust lands to develop a master-plan community for Native Hawaiian Beneficiaries.

Support of activities that facilitate scientific research and technological advances which promotes Native Hawaiian in the workplace.

A historic Roman Catholic college preparatory school for boys. It was founded in 1846 to serve the needs of early Hawaiian Catholics in the former Kingdom of Hawaii.  Saint Louis School, a 501(c)(3), includes grades K through 12 and is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges focusing on the following distinct curricula:


  • An accelerated college preparatory program for students planning to attend very selective colleges or universities.
  • A college preparatory program.
  • A general program for students planning to attend trade or business schools, two-year community colleges, or enter the military or work force.

Approximately 60% of Saint Louis School’s students are Native Hawaiian.


Manawa Kūpono will be supporting activities that include educational and culture preservation programs benefitting Native Hawaiian students and helping to ensure successful transition to higher education or employment opportunities.  

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AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific CTF 2023

November 17, 2023
AFCEA TechNet Indo-Pacific 2023 concluded, and it was a roaring success! Pacific Technologies and Solutions was proud to sponsor and host the Capture the Flag (CTF) events in our custom built cyber range.

Celebrating McKinley High School's JROTC Cyber Patriot Team

December 9, 2022
Supporting Young Leaders: McKinley High School's JROTC Cyber Patriot Program took 2nd place at the 2022 AFCEA TechNet Student Capture-the-Flag event (Hosted by Pacific Technologies and Solutions). To celebrate their achievement, we donated $2,000 and a pizza party to their club. Congratulations and mahalo for participating! Go Cyber Tigers! About McKinely Cyber Patriot: The McKinley High School Cyber Defense Team (Cyber Patriot) started back in 2011. Since then McKinley is fortunate to have a JROTC team and a School team giving students a greater opportunity to join. Each team is managed by a Coach, and trained by the mentor(s). Mentors are people from the cyber security field, volunteering their time to teach the basics of Cyber security.

A Hawai'i Statewide Student Cyber Security Competition

November 4, 2022
When you think of students playing capture the flag, a first thought is of them running around a field playing tag and trying to grab a physical flag from their opponent’s side. What if we were to tell you that this capture the flag was held online and was training the next generation of cyber security professionals? Well, this is the case for the AFCEA Hawaii Student Capture the Flag (CTF) event that was held from Oct 20th-Nov 3rd 2022 by Pacific Technologies and Solutions. So what did this CTF look like? It was modeled to look like a videogame, so it was fun & engaging for the students. The preliminary round was held in October virtually over 3 days and over 14 schools across Hawai’i participated in online challenges to earn points and battle for a spot at the in-person final round. First, they were all given a set of rules, like don’t hack the other teams or the site. Then they were taught how to VPN to a site where there was a jeopardy-style board with cyber tasks, and all the answers had to be hashed (for example, if the answer was the letter q, then the hash would be: 7694f4a66316e53c8cdd9d9954bd611d The topics included: Trivia Recon Analysis Decoding Exploit OSINT And students were taught how to use advanced toolsets including Kali Linux, Arkime, Metasploit, Cyber Chef, Staghide, Zip2John, and a lot of Googling. The event was hosted on a multipurpose cyber range called the COBRA DEN (Distributed Exercise Network) which is powered by a company called Rangeforce. They build cyber readiness with hands-on skills development and entirely emulated, realistic virtual environments. “This is a gamechanger!” proclaimed user: kkuyami, a teacher at Kalaheo High school on the windward side of Oahu, during the connectivity test. The event communications were held on “Discord” which allowed for messaging, voice & video chats, and screen sharing. There were channels in the server for announcements, general chat, technical assistance, and solutions walkthrough at the end. Preliminary Round In the virtual preliminary round, for 60 hours, these students in their teams (along with a coach/mentor assisting) tried to earn as many points as possible because the top 5 teams (of 5) would move onto the finals, held live at the TechNet Indo Pacific conference at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki. Many of these teams also participate in Cyber Patriot (a national youth cyber education program created in the United States to help direct students toward careers in cybersecurity or another STEM discipline. The program was created by the Air Force Association). Schools registered: Aiea HS Hanalani Schools Kaiser HS Kalaheo HS Kapolei HS Mckinley HS Mid Pacific Molokai HS Nanakuli High & Intermediate Seabury Hall Waialua High & Intermediate Waimea HS JROTC Waipahu HS Washington MS It came close, but the top 5 schools that went onto the final round were: 1. McKinley High School (Oahu-Public) 2. Hanalani School (Oahu-Private) 3. Seabury Hall (Maui-Private) 4. Mid Pacific Institute (Oahu-Private) 5. Nanakuli High School (Oahu-Public)
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