HONOLULU – Aia nā limahana o ka hui Kōkua i nā mea Hoʻopā ia i ka Pōʻino o FEMA ma Maui, e kōkua ana lākou i nā poʻe noho ma Maui a hoʻopā ia i nā ahi hoʻopōʻino nō ke loaʻa mai i kā lākou mea pono ola, a alakaʻi ana lākou ke loaʻa mai kekahi mau ʻano kōkua mai ke kalana, ka mokuʻāina, ka aupuni a me papahana ʻaʻa like ʻole.
Ua hele kuakahi i ka moku kēia mau hui a hālāwai pū me nā kānaka hoʻopā ʻia i ka pōʻino. Ua hoʻohui kēia limahana i kekahi haneli mau poʻe i hoa kūkākūkā pōpilikia, lawelawe koa kahiko, Ka Hui Keʻa ʻUlaʻUla o Amelika, a me he mau hui ʻaʻa ke ʻeleu i nā pōʻino. Ā hiki i kēia lā, ua kipa aku nā hui keu ka 430 mau hale a kōkua keu ka 1,450 poʻe hoʻopā ʻia ke noi i ke kōkua aupuni.
Ke hoʻokō i nā pono o nā kānaka, ke hele nei nā hui i nā kaiāulu, kipa nei i nā wahi noho i ka wā pōkole, a pane ana i nā nīnau ma nā Kauwaena Palekana Pōʻino. Wehe ana nā kauwaena i nā lā a pau, mai ke kakahiaka hola 8 ā ahiahi hola 7 ma Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi, Maui Kulanui, 310 W. Ka’ahumanu Ave., Kahului, a me Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center, 91 Pukalani St., Makawao.
Hiki ai ka ala i nā Kauwaena Palekana Pōʻino no nā kānaka kīnānā a me nā kānaka ke pono ke kōkua ke komoʻana a hoʻohana. Hō nei lākou i ke lawelawe kaʻaʻike, ʻōkomo mīkini kōkua no nā poʻe makapō a me nā poʻe pepeiao kuli, ka unihi ma ka ʻŌlelo Kuhi Lima ʻAmelika a me na mea mākaukau ke unihi i kekahi mau ʻōlelo like ʻole.
I kēlā a kēia hālāwai a pau, mālama nā hui Kōkua i nā mea Hoʻopā ia i ka Pōʻino i ka menemene a hōʻihi, a mākaukau lākou ke kōkua nā kānaka nohona ke noi i ke kōkua, ʻoiʻai i nā kūlana paʻakīkī nō naʻe.
No ka ʻike hou loa pili i ka hana palekana o Maui ma hope o ka ahi nahele, e kipa mauicounty.gov a fema.gov/disaster/4724. E hāhai i @FEMARegion9 ma Twitter a me facebook.com/fema.