Five Mountains Hawaii has many partners in
shaping a unique model of health and healing. Essentially, every
person or organization that is actively involved in improving
their own and our community's health and wellness is a partner.
Our sister organizations include:
The goal of the North Hawaii Outcomes Project (NHOP) is to support
existing and future efforts to improve the health and quality
of life in North Hawaii by developing a useful community health
measurement system to clarify common priorities and to both track
and facilitate improvement. The North Hawaii Outcomes Project
is a project of The Earl and Doris Bakken Foundation and works
closely with Five Mountains Hawaii (FMH), North Hawaii Community
Hospital, Tutu’s House, Earl’s Garage and The Kohala
Center. The NHOP also collaborates with local, county, state and
national organizations, which have overlapping missions.
Visit North
Hawaii Outcomes Project's web site
The
Kohala Center is a newly formed, privately funded, and fully independent
academic center, located in Waimea on the Island of Hawai'i. The
Kohala Center's mission is to sustain the natural environment,
strengthen the social fabric, and develop the economy of Hawai'i
Island through innovations in research and education.
The Center identifies, welcomes, and supports high quality teaching
and research programs in the following academic areas: global
medicine, ocean sciences, environmental studies, and alternative
energy.
From the Island point of view, these programs should contribute
to the healing of the human community, the human spirit, and the
natural environment.
The Kohala Center is at the hub of an estimable network of Island
private, public, and independent sector institutions that turn
the entire Island of Hawai'i into a living classroom and laboratory
for scholars who share its values, for those who embrace living
communities and living cultures in their pursuit of academic excellence
at all levels -- from kindergarten through postgraduate study.
The Center will ensure that all teaching and research programs
it sponsors are oriented to the spiritual and cultural landscape
in which Island life is embedded.
By consciously operating at the intersection of culture, science,
and community, The Kohala Center understands that its collaborative
work will sustain the Island of Hawai'i, as well as develop knowledge
that will be of value to the world as a whole.
Visit
The Kohala Center web site
Cradled
in the foothills of the dormant volcano, Kohala, North Hawai'i
Community Hospital (NHCH) is the first in the country to integrate
the latest Western, technology-based medicine with ancient Hawaiian,
Asian, and holistic healing arts. Its vision is to become the
most healing hospital in the world. The 35-bed, acute care facility,
located in Waimea, opened in 1996 and was ranked No. 1 nationally
in 1997 for patient satisfaction by Dallas-based Solution Point,
a survey company that rates hospitals from the patient's perspective.
NHCH offers a full spectrum of acute care services with a commitment
to patient-centered care that treats the whole person - mind,
body, and spirit - in the context of family, culture, and community.
Designed as a "healing instrument", NHCH is fast becoming a prototype
for the practice of blended medicine.
Visit
the North Hawai`i Community Hospital web site
Friends of the Future came into being in 1988 when an unusual
collection of people (corporate CEO's, taro farmers, professors,
scientists, religious and cultural practitioners and others) met,
at first having no connection other than their friendship with
organization founder Kenneth Brown. However, over two years of
meetings and coming to know one another, the group identified
several common values centered on the Hawaiian culture and a common
dream for healthy communities.
Friends of the Future's guiding principles are:
- The spirit of giving; Invoking the spirit of giving
and aloha is the essence of Friends of the Future.
- Honoring and learning from the native Hawaiian culture;
Friends of the Future is rooted in the spirit and values of
the Hawaiian culture.
- Face-to-face, heart-to-heart communications; When we
talk face-to-face and heart-to-heart, stereo-types and prejudices
fade and, gradually, "them" becomes part of "us".
- Diversity and trust; We believe diversity is life-sustaining
in both nature and society. Communication among diverse peoples,
values, cultures and world views, brings the old and the new
together to create a better way. And we also create a place
where people are listened to and feel trusted.
- Bringing out the best in everyone; In this environment
of diversity and trust, we facilitate opportunities where people
are willing to share their values and wisdom, and to contribute
their very best.
- Lokahi: Peace, Unity and Harmony; We seek to create
and sustain a cooperative environment.
- Commitment to follow-up and action; It is through our
actions that we demonstrate our commitment to our cause.
Visit the Friends of the Future web site: fofhawaii.org
