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Hawai‘i Reboots Depression-Era Conservation Corps Using Pandemic Assistance Funds
December 22, 2020
Fellows mentioned in this story: Kawika Riley, Cohort III
Projects mentioned in this story: Kupu ʻĀina Corps
From NPR:
Hawaii, which currently has one of the highest unemployment rate of any state, has created a modern-day version of the Civilian Conservation Corps called the ʻĀina Corps. ʻĀina is the word for land in the Hawaiian language.
The idea for the ʻĀina Corps was created by Honolulu-based non-profit Kupu, which administers youth-focused environmental programs.
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