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Keali'ikoa Hanoa <br />8th grade student <br />Volcano School of Arts and Sciences <br />Volcano, Hawai'i 96785 <br />February 4, 2019 <br />Charter Commission <br />Hilo,Hawai'i 96720 <br />Regarding : 2% land fund program <br />Aloha Charter Commission, <br />My name is Keali'ikoa Hanoa and my parents are Pernell and Healani <br />Hanoa. We live in Mark Twain or by Kamaoa road which is a little pass <br />Waiohinu. I'm an 8th grade student at Volcano School of Arts and Sciences <br />and I am honored and happy to get to go to Kawa and malama the aina <br />down there. I've been going to Kawa for about two years now, doing and <br />putting in a lot of work. Kawa is a really precious. <br />Kawa was a special fishing site that was cherished by my Great Great <br />Grandfather, Henry Barba and other fishermen in the area. In the early <br />1980's, he filed a lawsuit Barba vs. Okuna. This resulted in the right to <br />Public shoreline access in Hawai'i. My Apiki `ohana still maintains our <br />Kuleana land at Kawa. The cultural values and historic sites are priceless. <br />When I first went down to Kawa, it was overgrown, really messy, and there <br />was only one spring. But with the guidance of Na Mamo 0 Kawa - Uncle <br />Kaui Felder, Uncle Kai Maguire, James Akau, Uncle Duane and Aunty <br />Clarissa Pua - We cleaned the place up by cutting the bushes back, <br />moving branches, picking up rubbish around the beach, uncovering the <br />hidden springs. Now after two years of cleaning and hard work, you can <br />Comm. No. 21.144 <br />