By the Inside Outreach team · August 26, 2023Here’s a need nobody was talking about.
After the Lahaina fire, a lot of kūpuna on the makai side of the bypass road still had homes. They didn’t lose everything. But they were still breathing whatever was coming up out of that burn zone. Every day.
One of the women on the news said she could barely breathe after being there for a few minutes. Now imagine being homebound and living in it.
You sent them
So we asked for air purifiers. And you sent them. Some of you dropped them off by hand. A lot of you ordered them on Amazon and had them shipped. We loaded them up and put them on the boat to Lahaina.
Hawaii News Now picked up the story and Daniel got to talk about why it mattered. Air purifiers aren’t flashy. You won’t see them in a highlight reel. But for a kupuna with weak lungs, it’s the difference between staying home and ending up in the hospital.
Keep them coming
Disaster relief isn’t only about the people who lost everything. It’s also the people who are still standing in the middle of it, trying to hold on. We’re grateful we got to help some of them breathe a little easier.
Love seeing the community come together like this. Mahalo.
