HEALTHY HABIT HAWAII

Healthy Habit Hawaii is an exclusive keiki art contest, pushing the boundaries of creativity year round.

The mission of the Healthy Habit Hawaii Keiki Art Contest is to engage our children in uplifting solutions and highlight connections with Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities who have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) commonly live in multigenerational households with limited access to culturally responsive healthcare services and linguistically appropriate resources, increasing possible health issues.

CALL FOR KEIKI ARTISTS:
What healthy habit will you strengthen in Hawai'i during a second year of COVID-19?

Image/2-Dimensional March 30 - September 30, 2021.

Artist's will be featured in a 2022-2023 Calendar.

Our Beginnings

Dr. Katie Kamelamela of Hawai'i Island is a applied to be 2020 Mountain Sentinels Fellow to support COVID efforts in Hawaii. The Mountain Sentinels Collaborative Network works towards sustainability of mountain environments and communities worldwide. 2020 Fellows were granted support to improve social and environmental health and well-being to uplift individuals living or working in mountain communities affected by COVID-19.

With initial sponsorship and an idea we started collaborating with networks already addressing COVID in Hawaii. Our 2020 contest uplifted participants and provided our keiki with a voice.

We look forward to working with our upcoming generations to lead us through out our year.

Papa Ola Lokahi

The mission of Papa Ola Lokahi is to improve the health status and wellbeing of Native Hawaiians and others by advocating for, initiating and maintaining culturally appropriate strategic acations aimed at improving the physical, mental and spiritual health of Native Hawaiians and their 'ohana (families) and empowering them to determine their own destinies.

NHPI COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Resilience Team

The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Hawaii COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Resilience Team (NHPI 3R) was established in May 2020, in alignment with the National NHPI Response Team, to improve the collection and reporting of accurate data, identify and lend supoprt to initiatives across the Hawaiian Islands working to address COVID-19 among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders, and unify to establish a presence in the decision-making processes and policies that impact our communities. More than 40 agencies, organizations, and departments comprise the NHPI 3R Team.

Mauliola Endowment

Mauliola Endowment provides insights and tools based in Hawaiian epistemologies to amplify knowledge gifted by our ancestors through hosting Kānaenae Together, an online community for people interested in learning pule hoʻōla, prayers of healing/wellbeing to uplift one another during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Encourage keiki to enter

Entries will be accepted from ages 5-18.
Image and Media entries are welcome!
Each contestant can submit up to five entries.
Parents must provide consent for participation.