Ke Ola Hou - The Lahaina Resiliency Center

06/29/2025

Community helping Community! As it should be.

Reach out to us at info@keolahou.org if you want to become West Side CERT basic or Trainer.

06/28/2025

06/27/2025

Empower yourself to respond as a community members with Skills! We will have two instructors able to teach MEMA CERT classes on the West Side by Monday!

06/26/2025

keolahou.org

06/25/2025

06/25/2025

Please reach out to us so we can accelerate community collaboration.

We want the community to be a part of the Beautification of their own Center!

06/23/2025

Today marks day one of 4 days of CERT training for two Ke Ola Hou- The Lahaina Resiliency team members. We will be Resilient Maui!

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.

06/21/2025

Service Providers and Programs

The Ke Ola Hou Resiliency Center collaborates with a range of specialized service providers, each bringing essential expertise and resources to support the community's recovery. Below are examples of service providers and the programs they offer.⬇️⬇️⬇️🤙

The Ke Ola Hou Resiliency Center collaborates with a range of specialized service providers, each bringing essential expertise and resources to support the community's recovery.

06/20/2025

06/19/2025

Nearly two years after the August 2023 wildfires, many people in Maui are still living with the emotional, physical, and social effects of the disaster. The flames are gone, but their impac remains. Launched in January 2024, the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study (MauiWES)—the largest post-disaster health cohort in Hawai‘i’s history—is now following 2,000 adults and children to understand how the community is healing and where more support is needed.

Now in its second year, MauiWES offers a deeper, data-driven view of both the progress made and the challenges that remain. This report highlights three core findings:

1. Updated findings from the full adult cohort of 1,800 participants, expanding on our
previous report and providing a clearer picture of Maui’s post-fire health landscape;
2. The first comprehensive health snapshot of 200 children, especially in mental health and respiratory function;

3. Preliminary longitudinal results from over 400 adults tracked from Year 1 to Year 2, showing both recovery trends and persistent health concerns. I. Broader Insights from the Full Adult Cohort Collected Through January 2025
Data collected from the full cohort of 1,800 adults through January 2025 echoes last year’s findings and reveals the long arc of recovery. Overall, 41% of adults report worse health compared nto the previous year. Half show depressive symptoms, 26% report moderate-to-severe anxiety,
and 4.2% have had suicidal thoughts in the past month. Meanwhile, 74% have elevated or hypertensive blood pressure, and over a quarter show reduced lung function.

(See document picture for more.)

Without early
Intervention, these risks could become lifelong health burdens.