PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE

COLLABORATION IS KEY

Who We Are

WHO WE ARE

Based in the Hāmākua region on Hawaiʻi Island, we are a close-knit team of international development professionals committed to supporting economic and social progress. Regardless of region, we believe people and organizations intuitively want happier, healthier communities. But solving the problems to make that happen takes an understanding of complex systems - economic, social, and cultural - and a genuinely collaborative approach - with community members, business, government, and nonprofits.

Meet the Team

THINK SYSTEMICALLY

ACT COLLECTIVELY

What We Do

WHAT WE DO

The combination of systems thinking and collective impact make a powerful duo for facilitating the kind of change everyone wants to see. Its application is growing in countries and communities around the globe. If you want to solve complex social or economic problems, think systemically and act collectively. You might discover it can be a new way to solve old problems.

HOW WE DO IT

ANALYZE Root Causes

Rather than Symptoms

By pulling together resources to identify and understand the economic and social challenges a region faces

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HOW WE WORK

WHO WE WORK WITH

County of Hawaiʻi seal. Yellow circle with black font reading "County of Hawaii" over the top and "State of Hawaii" circling the bottom. Within the circle in red ink is a land and sea-scape with a large erupting volcano, a smaller volcano to the left, and the ocean with an outrigger canoe in the forefront. Sun shines over the right mountain range. The words OLA NA MOKU circle the bottom of the picture in red.

Kamehameha Schools insignia. Dark blue vertically elongated oval shape, with KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS 1887 in white font around the top arc and IMUA grounding the bottom arc. Depiction of Kamehameha I with his right arm lifted and palm turned upward, and holding an ihe (spear) in his left hand. He is dressed in traditional clothing including a malo, a feather sash, a mahiʻole (feather helmet) and ahuʻula (long feather cape).

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A note on Hawaiian diacritical marks:

Hāmākua Institute recognizes the use of diacritical markings of the Hawaiian language, including the ‘okina [‘] (which represents a glottal stop – a consonant) and the kahakō [-] (a macron used to indicate long vowels). Due, however, to technological constraints and our desire to provide a consistent experience around the globe, the diacritical marks will not be used on this website. Hāmākua Institute will continue to use the kahakō in it's designed logotype.