Cultivate a more sustainable future for our islands by supporting youth on their journey of growth and healing.
The Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaiʻi hui is a unique collaboration of nonprofit agencies working closely with State agencies at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center, reflecting a central campus as a pu’uhonua, or place of peace, safety, and healing for Hawaii's most vulnerable youth and young adults.
OYAH partners include Partners in Development Foundation's Kupa ʻAina Farm, Kinai ʻEha, and Residential Youth Services & Empowerment. Our State partners are OYS, the Hawaiʻi Youth Correctional Facility, and Olomana School.
Partners in Development Foundation is the lead fiscal sponsor of the Kellogg-recognized project, "Kawailoa: a Transformative Indigenous Model to Replace Youth Incarceration." Funds that are donated to PIDF are directed to support programming at the Kawailoa Youth and Family Wellness Center.
Partners in Development Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that inspires and equips families and communities for success and service, using timeless Native Hawaiian values and traditions. The goal is to help these communities overcome difficult challenges in ways that would make them, in turn, teachers and helpers of others in need. Since 1997, PIDF has served over 128,000 people in more than 50 communities across the Hawaiian Islands. To learn more about all of PIDF’s programs serving Hawaiian families, visit pidf.org.