Maui firerelief
On August 8, 2023, fire destroyed Lahaina. 102 people died. Within days, Aunty Blanche’s farm in Waimānalo became a drop-off point for Maui, and we were on a plane.
Where
Lahaina and Kula, Maui
When
August 2023 – now
Status
Active, long-term recovery
Alongside
Hui Homes, River of Life Mission, Made in Hope, West Maui Community Alliance, Calvary Chapel Westside, The Bride Church
Listen first
We came to cry with people.
Daniel flew in to listen before doing anything. He met the local men who ran supplies in by boat on day one, while the roads were blocked, spending their own money to help their neighbors.
We backed them. We helped build the West Maui Community Alliance website in about eight hours so survivors had one trusted place to ask for help and give it.
“I came to just listen, to cry with those who are mourning, and help where there is need.”Daniel Molina, August 2023
What went over
Purifiers, tools, food and a truck.
Oʻahu ʻohana dropped off $2,200 in supplies in the first days. We shipped air purifiers for kūpuna who stayed in homes near the burn zone, and Hawaii News Now covered it. We bought $3,000 in tools and $2,000 in food.
An Oʻahu family donated a 2008 F-350 and we shipped it to Pastor Steve at Calvary Chapel Westside. That Christmas, $10,000 in gift cards went to Lahaina families with River of Life and Calvary Chapel.
Homes, not shelters
34 tiny homes, given free.
Houses in Hawaiʻi are small, and families were taking in 12 or 15 displaced relatives. With Hui Homes, River of Life and Made in Hope, volunteers built more than 34 small homes and gave them free to families to put in their own backyards, keeping people in their community instead of shipping them off island.
More than 500 volunteers worked on them. Josue, now our director, came for two weeks and stayed two years.
Still rebuilding
Three years later.
In 2025 we delivered 24 solar panels to The Bride Church in Lahaina, which rebuilt after the fires. Panels mean lower bills and a church that can keep serving its neighborhood.
Lahaina is more than buildings. It’s people, history and ʻohana, and many of them are still waiting to go home.
Watch ithappen.
Follow on InstagramWorking with the West Maui Community Alliance
Air purifiers on the boat to Lahaina
Heading to Maui to deliver tiny homes
A tight squeeze up the driveway
$10,000 in gift cards for Lahaina
24 solar panels for The Bride Church
Never forget: three years since Lahaina
The numbersbehind this story.
Lahaina dropped out of the news a long time ago. Rebuilding didn’t.
Don’t forgetLahaina.
Families are still waiting to go home. Your gift helps us keep showing up for the people still rebuilding, and for whoever needs us next.