Person adding white handprints to a mural on a green wall.

Person making a white handprint on a green mural wall.

Person in ceremonial attire holding large leaves overhead outdoors with city skyline.

Person in mask and gloves painting orange strokes on a mural wall.

MĀLAMA KĪPUKA

He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauwā ke kanaka.

The land is a chief, man is her servant.

ʻaʻohe hua o ka maiʻa i ka lā hoʻokahi

FOR THE COMMUNITY,
BY THE COMMUNITY.

Mālama Kīpuka Hawaiʻi (MKH) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in the State of Hawaiʻi, committed to preserving and creating vibrant public spaces that reflect the cultural and communal spirit of our islands. Rooted in the values of mālama (care) and aloha ʻāina (love for the land), we foster meaningful partnerships among businesses, residents, government agencies, and community stakeholders to restore and protect our public spaces.

At MKH, we cultivate kīpuka—spaces of community caretaking and cultural restoration—where families can gather, practice traditions, and pass on knowledge from places that are deeply woven into their identity. Through hands-on stewardship and community collaboration, we strive to ensure that these essential public spaces thrive for generations to come.

Help us mālama our kīpuka.

Help us shape the future of our shared spaces.

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Rob Iopa with two others showing painted hands after contributing to a mural on a green wall.

e mālama i ka makua o ho‘omakua auane‘i i ka ha‘i.

MISSON FOR TOMORROW.

We are dedicated to the creation of vibrant public spaces that serve the local communities.

Our mission is to foster connection within communities by forming strategic partnerships with local government bodies, land owners, businesses, residents and other community stakeholders to activate existing underutilized public space and find creative ways to dedicate and convert existing private space for public use.

Malama Kīpuka Hawaiʻi strives to create safe, welcoming and vibrant urban oases or “Kīpuka” that benefit communities by providing social and cultural programming in these newly activated public spaces that is representative of the surrounding community’s rich past, present needs and future vision.

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