Aloha Kākou --

Welcome to the Mālama Learning Center.
The Mālama Learning Center is a shared vision among educators, conservation groups, businesses, and community members to create an innovative learning center in Kapolei to promote healthy, sustainable living in an island environment. The Mālama Learning Center will serve the people of O‘ahu, with emphasis on Kapolei and West O‘ahu communities.

What is the Mālama Learning Center?
The Mālama Learning Center is a non-profit organization that brings art, science, conservation, and culture together to promote sustainable living throughout Hawai‘i.
While we are conducting pilot educational programs for the community, we have embarked on planning for construction of a “green” building on a three-acre site near the entrance to Kapolei High School. This building will have:

  • classrooms
  • a performance theatre
  • amphitheatre
  • dance studio
  • native plant gardens and nurseries
  • exhibit areas
  • program and business offices

The Mālama Learning Center will be responsive to environmental conditions specific to West O‘ahu and follow green and sustainable building practices. It will educate and inspire the whole community about environmental responsibility, equipping them with the skills needed to understand and preserve Hawai‘i's resources.

What will the MLC provide?
The Mālama Learning Center will address the interests of a growing and vibrant community through the arts and education, and serve as a three-dimensional textbook blending environment, culture, arts, science, and technology. It will be a gathering place where the community learns to perpetuate the Hawaiian culture and values of caring for the land and sea, and be inspired through the creative arts through classes, workshops, performances, volunteer service projects, and more. It will create a unique environment in which learners of all ages, ability, and experience can participate. And it will be a defining landmark for the new and growing community of Kapolei, a revolutionary place that will attract, involve and benefit many partners.

Through this website, we hope to keep you informed on the creation of the Mālama Learning Center, and invite you to get involved -- as a volunteer, donor, committee member... any help is appreciated. Please contact us with your ideas.

We would like to say "mahalo" to the generous donors who have already shown their support for the Mālama Learning Center.



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