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Fiona Broward <br />7th grade <br />Volcano School of Arts and Sciences <br />96785 <br />February 7, 2019 <br />Charter Commissioners <br />Hilo, Hawaii 96720 <br />Aloha Commissioners, <br />Regarding; 2% Land Fund Program <br />I am Fiona Broward, my parents are John Broward and Jeanette Gilbert and we <br />live in Volcano, Hawaii. I go to Kawa about twice a month and I am so grateful for <br />my teachers for introducing me to this special place. Kawa is important to me, my <br />family, my teachers, and the community because it's an important piece of history, <br />and it's where many people learned to fish, or learned different medicinal herbs. <br />It's a place where my middle school has learned about different animals and plants. <br />We work with Na Mamao o Kawa to learn how to take care of our community and <br />how to malama the aina. <br />Kawa is a beautiful natural place and a significant ancient Hawaiian village. We <br />need the funding to help Kawa continue to be the beautiful, undeveloped home of <br />memories. I know Hawai'i depends a lot on tourism, and Kawa could be a huge <br />benefactor of this. I feel tourists would love to see an ancient Hawaiian village <br />which is REAL, and not some touristy destination like the Hilton. It's a place filled <br />with animals, and native Hawaiian plants. It's truly a beautiful, historic sight. <br />Since Kawa is a beautiful home to many animals, memories and cultural <br />practice I respect it deeply and don't want it turned into some big overdeveloped <br />place. There are so many places all over the big island that are just like Kawa and <br />Comm. No. 21.130 <br />