ʻOku fakataumuʻa ke fakaava ʻa e Senitā Fakangofua Fakaakeake foʻou ʻa e Vahefonuá ʻi he ʻaho 29 ʻo ʻEpeleli 2024, ʻi Kahului, pea ʻoku lolotonga ngāueʻi ha feituʻu satelaite maʻa Lahaina, ko e fakahā ia ʻe he Vahefonua Maui ʻi he Tokonakí.

Kuo foaki ki he 4LEAF Inc. ʻa e aleapau ʻa e Vahefonuá ke fakalele ʻa e senitā ʻoku vave ke fakaava, ʻa ia ʻe ʻi ai hono feituʻu tefitó ʻi he Senitā Ngāue ʻa e Vahefonua Maui, 110 Alaihi St., Kahului.

‘I he senitaá, ‘e ‘i ai ‘a e kau fakafofonga mei he 4LEAF ke tokoni ki he kakai ‘o e fonuá ‘i he founga ‘o e kole ki he Ngaahi Ngofua Langa Fakaakeake mei he Fakatamaki ki he ngaahi liliu, fakalelei, toe langa mo e langa fo‘ou ‘o e ngaahi langa ‘i he ngaahi feitu‘u na‘e uesia ‘e he vela ‘o e vaotā ‘i Maui ‘i ‘Aokosi 2023.

“Ko hono ‘omi ‘o e 4LEAF ki he vaka ke fakalele ‘a e ngaahi ngaue ‘i he’emau Senitā Fakangofua Fakaakeake ‘oku ne ‘oange ki he Vahefonua ‘a e ivi ‘oku fiema’u ke poupou’i ‘aki ‘emau kakai mo e ngaahi pisinisi ‘i he’enau toe langa,” ko e fakamatala ia ‘a e Talekita ‘o e Ngaahi Ngaue Fakapule’anga ko Jordan Molina. “Ko ʻenau ngaahi taʻu ʻo e aʻusia ʻi hono tokoniʻi ʻo e ngaahi komiunitī kehé ke nau folau ʻi he founga faingataʻa ʻo e toe langa hili ʻa e ngaahi fakatamaki ʻo e afí ʻokú ne ʻai ʻa e 4LEAF ko ha hoa mahuʻinga ʻi he hala ʻo Maui ki he fakaakeaké.”

Na'e fokotu'u 'i he 2001 pea 'oku 'ulu'i 'ofisi 'i Pleasanton, Calif., 4LEAF Inc. ko ha Kautaha Ngaue Fakalakalaka fakapalofesinale 'oku makehe 'i he Ngaahi Ngaue Fakaakeake 'o e Vela. ‘I he ngaahi ta’u kuo maliu atu, kuo fakahoko ‘e he 4LEAF ‘a e ngaahi polokalama fakangofua ki he fakaakeake ‘o e vela ki ha ngaahi vahefonua mo e ngaahi kolomu’a ‘o kau ai ‘a e Vahefonua Sonoma ‘o Kalefōnia, Kolo ‘o Palataisi mo e Vahefonua Santa Cruz, fakataha mo e Vahefonua Jackson ‘o Oregon.

Ko e lahi taha ʻo e ngaahi polokalama ko iá ko ha poloseki fakaakeake ʻo e vela ʻi Palataisi ʻoku $9.5 piliona hili ʻa e vela ʻo e koló ʻi he 2018 ʻa ia naʻe mate lahi taha ʻi he ʻIunaiteti Siteití ʻi ha meimei taʻu ʻe 100 kae ʻoua kuo fakalaka ia ʻi he vela fakaʻauha ʻo Lahaina ʻi he taʻu kuo ʻosí. Na’e fakahoko ‘e he 4LEAF ‘a e Ngaahi Sevesi Fakalakalaka Fakakomiuniti kakato ki he kolo ‘i he ‘uluaki ta’u ‘e fā ‘o e poloseki fakaakeake, ‘a ia na’e kau ai ‘a e ngaahi ‘iuniti nofo’anga ‘e 12,000, ngaahi langa fakakomesiale ‘e 400, mo e ngaahi langa tokoni ‘e 3,000.

“ʻOku mau fiefia ke fili kimautolu ke mau tuʻu ʻi he tafaʻaki ʻo e ngaahi komiunitī tuʻumālie ʻo Lahaina mo Kula lolotonga ʻenau taimi fie maʻú,” ko e lau ia ʻa Michael Renner, ko e Pule Poloseki ʻa e 4LEAF. “Ko e fatongia ko ʻení ko ha fatongia ia ʻoku mau tali ʻi he loto fakatōkilalo lahi tahá mo ha ongoʻi fatongia loloto.”

Kuo taki kotoa 'e Renner 'a e ngaahi polokalama fakaakeake 'e fa 'a e 4LEAF kimu'a mei he vela. ʻE kau ʻi he niʻihi ʻe kau fakataha mo Renner ʻa Shaina Hipolito ʻo Mauí mo Kaʻiawe Chun.

“ʻOku fakatou polepole ʻaupito ʻa Shaina mo Kaʻiawe ʻi heʻena ngāue ki hona koló,” ko Renner ia. “Ko kimautolu te mau hoko ko e fuofua feitu’u ke fetu’utaki ai mo e kakai pea te mau pule’i ‘a hono fakavave’i ‘o e ngaahi ngofua.”

Ki ha fakamatala lahi ange ki he 4LEAF, Inc., ʻaʻahi ki he www.4leafinc.com .

Makehe mei he Senitā Fakangofua Fakaakeake ʻo Kahuluí, ʻoku palani ke ʻi ai ha ʻōfisi satelaite ki he Senitā Matapā ʻo Lahaina. Ko e 'aho 'e fakaava ai 'a e feitu'u 'o e Lahaina Gateway 'e toki fakaha atu ia 'amui ange.

Ko hono fakaava ʻo e Senitā Fakangofua Fakaakeaké ʻoku hoko ia hili hono kamataʻi foki ʻe he Vahefonua Maui ha konga Fale fakatapui ʻi he MauiRecovers.org ʻo fakataumuʻa ke ʻoatu ha tokoni mahuʻinga ki he kau maʻu ʻapí mo e kau nofo totongi ʻoku uesia ʻe he vela ʻo e vaotaá.

Ko e tuʻunga foʻou kuo fakaava, ʻoku lava ke maʻu ʻi he www.MauiRecovers.org/housing , ʻokú ne ʻomi ha ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni lahi ʻoku fakataumuʻa ke feau ʻa e ngaahi fie maʻu fale ʻa e niʻihi fakafoʻituituí mo e ngaahi fāmili ʻoku nau folau ʻi he hili ʻo e fakatamakí. ʻI he peesi uepisaití, ʻe lava ke maʻu ʻe he kau hao ʻi he velá ha fakamatala ki he ngaahi polokalama fale fakataimi, pea pehē ki ha ngaahi maʻuʻanga tokoni fekauʻaki mo hono langa ʻo e ngaahi ʻiuniti fakataimi mo e ngaahi fale tuʻumaʻu ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku uesia ʻe he vela ʻo e vaotaá.

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