Maohi Foundation
a (proposed) International Foundation
Vision
Provide all of the resources to benefit the quality of life for Polynesians. All in one place.
Misson
Our Maohi Foundation will secure funding and award scholarships to provide supplemental resources that will enrich and enhance learning in French Polynesia and at BYU Hawaii University and the Polynesian Cultural Center to help prepare students for the 21st century.
Purpose
In partnership with the public, government, tourism and private sectors, the Maohi Foundation will financially support creative and innovative programs in the areas of academics, the arts, entrepreneurism, environmental stewardship, and cultural activities that engage students and staff and that enrich and enhance the livelihood and education of Polynesians.
The Maohi Foundation is a nonprofit that provides students with an excellent 3-4 year education at no cost to an applicant in exchange for completing a 4 year bachelor’s degree at BYU Hawaii University and cultural work experience at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Applicants will learn about their Polynesian culture, arts, language and receive a bachelor’s degree for their chosen profession. They will also learn hands-on entrepreneurial skills as part of the program.
Objectives
To ensure students are prepared for the challenges of the 21st century, the Maohi Foundation’s awards monies that do the following:
Use inherited royal lands to start new eco-tourism opportunities experiences. Have tourists learn how to grow traditional foods, catch fish, manage a cultured pearl farm, and learn the history, genealogy, culture, art, and dances of Polynesia. Have each island create its own village experience, i.e. Takaroa Experience (fishing, pearl farm, making hakus from Tiare Tahiti flowers, making shell necklaces, making copra, making pareos, etc), Puanau’uia Experience (view of the valley, Mo’orea, yoga, dancing, Te Pari Experience (boat day excursions).
Have Tahiti Tourism photograph and film activities for media broadcasts, articles, in-flight presentations, etc.
Have the Tahitian government help fund educational opportunities.
Provide Innovative and unique work/study scholarships to enhance educational opportunities
Link graduates with governments, businesses Polynesian Cultural Center and BYU Hawaii University alumni associations to help them find internships and employment.
Housing, using traditional structures such as Fa’a’a mayor offices.
Art, cultural and language library.
Cultural center like PCC on resort grounds next to university.
Dance and Music Conservatory.
Genealogical research.
Health
Learning the Maohi cultivation systems, which were both highly extensive and intensive on the island of Tahiti
Host community festivals, outreach, training
Provide funding to LDS missionaries serving in French Polynesia.
No smoking, alcohol or drug use.
Impact
Graduates will be able to find fulfilling jobs that will sustain them and their families in their native Polynesian countries. Alumni from the program can help mentor students.
Why offer Polynesians only scholarships from the foundation instead of just handouts? A solid education and career give a Polynesian the best chance of success in improving and controlling one’s quality of life.
How do Western governments keep Polynesians in poverty?
Polynesian lands are primarily owned and managed by the self-imposed Western governments without the consent of the original people that inhabited the lands.
Nearly every aspect of economic development is controlled by Western governments .
The native Polynesians face a complex legal framework that hinders economic and educational growth.
Energy regulations make it difficult for native Polynesians to develop their own natural resources.
Western governments have repeatedly mismanaged Polynesian or destroyed native assets. For example, nuclear testing in the Pacific, dumping of toxic waste in the land and ocean, allowing foreigners to own family lands, etc.
Budget
Income will come from bonds held and claimed by Western governments that were originally intended for Polynesians. Money is tied up waiting for qualified representatives from original Polynesian royalty bloodlines to claim. A portion of the income is collected each time tourists visit a Polynesian country such as French Polynesia.
https://cca.hawaii.gov/breg/registration/fnpc/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian_Leaders_Group
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