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Kupu ʻĀina Corps applications now open: Opportunities on all islands
Kupu, Hawai‘i’s leading conservation and environmental education nonprofit, is seeking to fill paid positions for Kupu ʻĀina Corps, which has open positions on all Hawaiian Islands for the next terms starting in April.
150 paid positions open at Kupu, conservation nonprofit
Kupu, a conservation and environmental education nonprofit, is seeking to fill more than 150 paid positions for multiple career-boosting programs, including the Conservation Leadership Development Program, which has more than 90 open positions; Kupu ʻĀina Corps, which has 15 open positions; and the Summer Program, which has 40 open positions.
Workforce development opportunities offered for Maui wildfire survivors
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement in partnership with Kupu, Hawaiʻi’s largest youth-focused conservation and sustainability nonprofit, is offering workforce opportunities for wildfire-impacted residents on Maui.
Nā Manu ʻElele Program aims to inform and connect people at legendary places
The Nā Manu ʻElele Steward Program, a collaboration between Kupu, Hawaiʻi’s largest youth-focused conservation and sustainability nonprofit; the US Economic Development Administration; and the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources aims to inform and connect the people at wahi pana (legendary places, and living, breathing spaces).
Hawaiʻi Land Trust Offers workforce opportunities for wildfire-affected residents
The nonprofit Hawaiʻi Land Trust has received a more than $1.1 million grant from the Hawai‘i Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund to create temporary workforce opportunities in partnership with KUPU for 48 Maui residents who have been affected by the recent wildfires. Applications are open through Nov. 17, 2023.
Application Deadline Approaching for ʻĀina Corps’ 130 New Positions
The State of Hawaiʻi is using $5 million in federal funding to support a new Green Job Youth Corps with 130 new positions designed to help both the environment and the economy. Applications are due Jan. 7.
Kupu ‘Āina Corps Wins $15,000 in Bank’s Strong Communities Award
The Kupu ‘Āina Corps project, a workforce development program in Hawaiʻi, won the Urban category of the Strong Communities Award, hosted by The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines. The award comes with a $15,000 prize.
Local Business Owners and Community Envision a Diversified and Sustainable Post-COVID-19 Economy
An online survey administered in June 2020 by the Native Hawaiian COVID-19 Research Hui showed that Hawaiʻi business owners and community members envision a post-COVID-19 local economy that prioritizes diversified industries promoting sustainability and support residents’ basic needs.
