Making an Impact

DTL created Actions of Aloha to encourage connection, compassion, and aloha for ourselves, our ʻohana, our lāhui, and our ʻāina. With the outpouring of support from the community throughout Hawaiʻi and around the world, Actions of Aloha donated $20,000 by the end of 2020.

In March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, the Economic Development Alliance of Hawaii, and Transform Hawaii Government convened twenty participants to find immediate solutions to providing equitable access to broadband internet and improving digital literacy for all in Hawai‘i. 

Hawai‘i Energy has announced a last call to apply for current rebate offerings designed to help restaurants and small businesses impacted by COVID-19.  The two programs are the Energy Advantage free LED lighting retrofit offer for small businesses and restaurants and doubled rebates for commercial kitchen equipment.

House of Mana Up is using its e-commerce platform to connect the world with Hawaiʻi's rising entrepreneurs and their incredible products in an effort to support Hawai‘i-based product businesses–especially as we experience the effects of decreased tourism in our local market. To learn more about its upcoming events, head to manauphawaii.com. 

This initiative utilizes a multi-disciplinary approach by working on immediate acquisition and distribution of hardware directly to keiki, kūpuna, and communities in need, as well as partnering in a statewide network to provide broadband access to unserved communities.

Kūkulu is a collaborative resourcing platform that provides an aggregated view of community needs, enabling strategic decision-making, optimally leveraged capital resources, and catalytic impact.