Holistic Honu Wellness Center

HHWC IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVING & PERPETUATING THE HAWAIIAN CULTURE THROUGH EDUCATION AND HEALING. HHWC PROVIDES FREE TO LOW FEE, CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE TRADITIONAL HEALING, COVID 19 ASSISTANCE, PALLIATIVE CARE, EDUCATION, AND GENERAL OUTREACH SERVICES TO MORE THAN 4000 PERSONS ANNUALLY.

OUR CLIENT SERVICES - CLINIC DIRECTLY SERVED 2743 PATIENTS IN 2020. THE ISSUES ADDRESSED WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AILMENTS SUCH AS CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE PALLIATIVE CARE, TALK THERAPIES, AND ENERGETIC HEALING. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL MORE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE SEEN IN THEIR HOMES BY HHWC VOLUNTEERS WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) PANDEMIC STRUCK, AND SERVICES WERE PIVOTED TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS. HOME VISITS INCLUDED ERRANDS FOR THE HOME-BOUND, BI-MONTHLY CLEANING, AND STERILIZATION OF HOME/RENTED ROOMS, DELIVERY OF PPE RIDES TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, EMERGENCY EVALUATIONS PRIOR TO TESTING, AND MEAL PREPARATION. OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SERVED, WE LOST 17 PEOPLE TO THE VIRUS AND ASSISTED WITH MORE THAN 750 KNOWN CASES.

OUR VOLUNTEER SERVICES WERE ESSENTIAL IN 2020. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE OUTLINED ABOVE AS PART OF OUR CLIENT SERVICE CLINIC. EXPENSES FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED $2,384.28 IN TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT, $2,240.30 IN UNIFORMS, AND $1803.95 IN PPE THAT WAS NOT COVERED IN UNIFORMS. THE DIFFERENCE IN DESIGNATION WAS THE UNIFORMS WERE CONSIDERED RE-USABLE PPE AND PPE WAS FOR DISPOSABLE ITEMS.

OUR ANIMAL SERVICES PROGRAM BEGAN AS PART OF OUR CLIENT SERVICES - CLINIC PROGRAM AS A WAY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR CLIENT'S HARD-WORKING SERVICE ANIMALS. THE CORE SERVICES OFFERED TO WORKING ANIMALS ARE A 30 TO 60-MINUTE MASSAGE, 30 TO 45-MINUTE HYDROTHERAPY TREATMENT WHEN POOLS ARE AVAILABLE, FULL-SERVICE GROOMING WHEN APPROPRIATE, LOTS OF TREATS, AND EXTRA LOVE WHILE THEIR HANDLER IS RECEIVING SERVICES WITHIN OUR CLINIC. IN 2020, WE SAW 387 SERVICE ANIMALS EITHER IN CLINIC OR AT THEIR HOMES.