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Sakura Yabuki <br />8th Grade <br />Volcano School of Arts & Sciences <br />Volcano, HI 96785 <br />February 4, 2019 <br />Charter Commission <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br />Regarding: 2% Land Fund Program <br />Dear Commission, <br />My name is Sakura Yabuki and I live in Volcano. I am a student at <br />Volcano School of Arts & Sciences and I am so privileged and lucky to go <br />to Kawa twice a month to aloha/malama the aina. Kawa is a very precious <br />and valuable because it teaches us about the land and provides use with <br />natural resources. When my class and I first went last year, Kawa was <br />untamed, wild, and now, because of our work with the guidance of Kumu <br />James Akau, Uncle Duane and Aunty Clarissa Pua, and Uncle Kaui Felder, <br />the place is now reconditioned above its original beauty. Kawa is a wahi <br />pana, a very special place that should stay preserved so I can visit in the <br />future to swim, play, and see the amazing mini waterfalls that appear <br />during high tide. <br />At Kawa, when we first arrive we ask for permission to enter with an oli, <br />afterwards we usually walk to the beach to start our kilo. When we do kilo <br />we pick a spot to sit and observe the land, wind, plants, sky, ourselves, <br />water, etc. Then we usually split into different groups to divide the work and <br />get more done. The first few times we went to Kawa, we were working on a <br />rock wall around the fish pond and the fresh water spring. We also used <br />shovels and rakes to clear the debris out and deepen the springs to have <br />Comm. No. 21.145 <br />