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, neighbors stepped up for each other with cleanup. But flood water introduces lots of potentially harmful bacteria and debris, so CORE trained homeowners and business owners to safely identify mold and clean their spaces.

In Laie, on Oahu’s North Shore, our team connected with the owners of Keep It Kapu Farm, which completely flooded and became covered in thick mud and debris. CORE brought heavy equipment and a chainsaw team to begin clearing the farm before the debris could further contaminate the soil. This shifted our focus to other local farms 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.