Working alongside trusted local organizations, including Living Pono Project and Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies, we met families in Oahu where they were: in flooded neighborhoods, on farms, and in communities with limited outside support. We delivered clean drinking water, medical supplies and protective gear, and cash assistance to address families’ immediate needs.  

As flood waters receded and things stabilized, community members showed up for their neighbors, donating supplies and helping households that needed an extra hand with cleanup. But flood water introduces lots of potentially harmful bacteria and debris. CORE, with over a decade of experience, trained homeowners and business owners to safely identify mold and clean their spaces.

In Laie, a small coastal town in the North Shore of Oahu, our team connected with the owners of Keep It Kapu Farm, which completely flooded and became covered in thick mud and debris. We knew that if the debris left behind sat for too long, it could poison future harvests. So, CORE brought heavy equipment and a chainsaw team to begin clearing the farm. Now, our focus is on expanding to farms on Molokaʻi, which, like Keep It Kapu Farm, are family-owned, deeply rooted in their communities, and simply don’t have the resources to come back from something like this on their own.