MALO Motivating Action Leadership Opportunity

Health intiatives include programs that are both direct service and in advocacy. As direct services offered, Malo hosts zumba socials whereby local community members are able to participate in a free zumba program offerd through Malo. Kisina health, Malo's health conference, is hosted each year as part of our yearly needs assessment with the community, and yearly share out on the analysis and solution-oriented discussion on what can be done from our community for our community.

Cultural appreciation programming includes an intergenerational approach to working with elders and youth. Direct services offered for community members include taimi tonga whereby youth and families participate in tongan cultural grounding within tongan song, performance, language (reading, speaking, writing), and traditional ceremonial knowledge and implementation.

Our education and youth programs provide a comprehensive range of services for youth and young adults, focusing on educational support and Leadership development. We offer tutoring support, college preparation, and study skills enhancement to help students achieve academic success. In addition to educational services, we run various youth programming initiatives aimed at developing Leadership skills through direct service and advocacy. These programs include Malo yes, taimi tonga, the saturday tongan education program, youth ambassadors, and kisina health, each designed to empower youth and foster their growth as leaders within their communities.

We did a 300 backpack giveaway throughout the inland empire to the tongan/native Hawaiian other pactific islander nhpi community. This giveawat also included warehouse workers. Distributed homemade masks to the county and local farmworkers. We did food and ppe distributions every month or when emergency supplies were needed. Also hosted four nhpi covid-19 testing sites with translators.