Our Story
Moʻolelo
Mālama Project, Hawaiʻi's first collegiate recovery program, was founded in 2016, with a grant through Transforming Youth Recovery.
Mālama Project seeks to provide a space where all students in recovery can feel safe, accepted, understood, and empowered. Cultural sensitivity and congruent practices, grounded in traditional Hawaiian values, are embedded in Mālama Projects practice. Mālama Project embraces all forms of recovery and students at any point in their journey.
Mission
To perpetuate a thriving collegiate recovery program, empowering students to be resilient, achieve academic success, and maintain
overall wellbeing through Mālama ʻĀina, Mālama kekahi i kekahi, and Mālama pono ʻia.
Vision
Provide a safe, supportive ʻohana for students by providing culturally grounded programming and structure for all students, impacted by substance use, attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Values
Mālama ʻĀina (care of the land) To care for the land will provide a reciprocal process of healing for our students while proving a sense of place.
Mālama Kekahi i Kekahi (Care for one another) Recovery is not a pathway that is walked alone.
Mālama Pono ʻia (to be well) We have to strength to sustain our wellness, sometimes we need help to sustain when triggers are.
To read more about our humble beginnings, please visit the News Stories below.
Providing Support Group
Please check back for Fall 2022 weekly Support Schedule
At Mālama Project, we strive to satisfy all our clients’ needs by providing them with comprehensive and high quality services. Each individual has unique needs, which means they each require a specific combination of activities or treatments to help them find wellness. Our client list is constantly expanding, which allows us to add more and better offerings to help our valued customers find the well-being that they strive. Continue reading for further information about our services.
Support Groups
Fall 2022 Times and Dates: TBA
New to Recovery: will be for students who have just recently started on their recovery journey. This processing group will meet weekly and is facilitated by Mālama Projectʻs Poʻo.
E Ola Mau: is a processing group for students who are not in recovery but have been affected by a loved ones substance misuse. This process group will meet twice a month and is faciltated by Mālama Projectʻs Poʻo.
Talk Story: is a processing group for all student in recovery and is facilitated by Mālama Projectʻs Poʻo.
Safe Project: Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy 2019-2020
We are so proud to have been a part of the SAFE Project Collegiate Recovery Leadership Academy this past year. A huge mahalo to all of their amazing staff, my mentor Kateri Coyhis, and my supervisor Ku'uleialohaonalani Vitale for helping to really guide this project along the way. You can watch our presentation for the upcoming ARHE conference below, our section starts at 30:14 but please take some time and listen to the other amazing projects happening across the continent.