COVID-19 Resources for Hawaii Communities

Informational Resources

• Find out about the Hawaii COVID-19 vaccination plan and how to sign-up for the vaccine at the COVID-19 State of Hawaii Portal.

• Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Hawaiʻi COVID-19 Response, Recovery, & Resilience Team provides updates and resources through a coordinated effort to collectively address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their respective communities across Hawaiʻi. Their Facebook page provides a wealth of resources for the community in multiple languages.

• Hawaii State Department of Health PSAs, Flyers, and Other Resources

• LGBTQIA+ Non-Affirming Environments Resource List

• A Thriving Lāhui - A living document that is curated and updated by the community (A compiled list of resources and opportunities to help our community stay connected to the widely held goal of a thriving lāhui)

• Hawaii Public Health Institute offers a series of webinars on how we can mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 in our island communities.

• Islander Institute is sharing messages about COVID-19 in language, formats, cultural styles, and from messengers that can reach deep into every Hawaiʻi community so that all our residents can realistically know and practice what they need to do to help control the spread of COVID-19, and so they can access whatever support they need from family, friends, community.

Well-Being Resources

• Ku Makani is a new crisis counseling program that assists adults and children with recovering from the impacts of COVID-19. Statewide services include a warm line, education via media marketing, zoom/telehealth modalities for groups, and individual crisis counseling sessions. Community resources, referrals, and linkages for anyone that needs assistance are also provided. Click to view their Virtual Group Sessions, Keiki Pua Brochure, and Keiki COVID tips.

• Share & Care - An inclusive space of professional and personal resources that focus on self-care and sustainability, productivity, connectivity, and positivity hosted by One Shared Future

• 100 Offerings of Peace - The Peace Studio is bringing together both known and emerging creatives in visual, performing, literary, spiritual, and musical arts to generate new works about what peace means to them, how they practice it, and where they see it could rise up and flourish amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the pursuit of justice, protection of human rights, and help for those facing hardship, oppression, or other adversity.

Multi-Language Resources

• Prevaccination checklist - vaccine screening questions are translated into multiple languages available at the COVID-19 State of Hawaii Portal

• Hawaii State Department of Health COVID-19 Multilingual Resources

• State of Hawaii, Office of Language Access

• Kosraen Translation - Handwashing Instructions MCHD 03172020

• Palauan Translation - Handwashing Instructions MCHD 03132020

• Pohnpeian Translation - Handwashing Instructions MCHD 03172020

• Tongan Translation - Handwashing Instructions MCHD 03132020