Kupu to hire 30 Kauaʻi residents for paid storm recovery work
Kupu, a Honolulu-based conservation nonprofit, plans to hire 30 Kauaʻi residents who lost income because of Hurricane Lowell for paid recovery work with health benefits, The Garden Island reported. It’s working with Ke Kukulu Kumuhana o Anahola, the Waipā Foundation, Mālama Hulēʻia and I Ola Wailuanui to find people for the jobs.
Kupu chainsaw crews have been reopening storm-damaged trails since Sept. 28, starting with Nounou East and West, and are now working with the state to clear damage in Kōkeʻe Forest Reserve. The effort is funded through the Chan Zuckerberg Kauaʻi Community Fund at the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation.
What it means: Residents whose work dried up after the storm could get paid jobs helping reopen the island’s trails and forests.
