What Are We Doing to Fix Hawai‘i’s Homeless Crisis?
The Aloha State now has the highest number of homeless per capita in the nation. What are we doing to help the individuals and families living on the streets?
April 22, 2015
In January, homeless service providers counted more than 400 people living in this encampment in Kaka‘ako, near the Children’s Discovery Center. Photo: Odeelo Dayondon
April Fuiava was working at the front desk of a Waikīkī Hotel, her husband was a day laborer and the two were making tough calls just about every day. With seven kids, money was always tight. After the rent was paid $2,000 for an apartment in ‘Ālewa Heights there wasn’t much for anything else. Buy groceries or keep the lights on. Pay the vehicle registration or fill up the cars with gas. “Some days, we wouldn’t have food,” Fuiava says. But even though things were bad, things were never that bad, and the 36-year-old never imagined she’d end up where she did h
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Art exhibits in the Lima area
480 E. Broad St.
Open to all visitors 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday with timed tickets required at columbusmuseum.org. Adults $18, seniors and children $9. Free all Sundays and Saturdays in January.
• Greater Columbus: The 2020 Greater Columbus Arts Council Visual Arts Awards Exhibition
Through April 25
Through Sept. 26
Through Oct. 3
Findlay University Mazza Museum Lea Gallery
• Annual “Enchanted Brush Exhibition” on virtual display at Dudley and Mary Marks Lea Gallery website, leagallery.findlay.edu.
LIMA
620 W. Market St.
Open to all visitors 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Children’s Discovery Center closed and limited tours in MacDonell House. Face coverings recommended. Admission $5 suggested donation for museum and $3 for MacDonell House.