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Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena o The Ocean Foundation

Ua mamao loa ke kaiāulu o Ocean Foundation. ʻO kona mau lālā he mau kākāʻōlelo a me nā mea kākoʻo, nā luna kahua a me nā philanthropists, nā haumāna, nā kumu, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻano hana like ʻole. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻākoakoa ma kahi hoʻokahi, akā pili mākou i ke aloha i ke kai, ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kona olakino, a me ka makemake e kaʻana like i kā mākou ʻike e kōkua i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana i nā hoʻoholo maikaʻi. Ma ka huli ʻana, kōkua nā hoʻoholo maikaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hapa nui o nā kumu waiwai kālā e kākoʻo ana i ka mālama kai.  

I kēia mau lā i hala iho nei, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia au i ke koʻikoʻi o ia ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo waiwai moana. Ua hoʻokokoke kekahi kanaka i ʻike ʻia he papahana kūpono no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka ʻāʻu ma kahi mokupuni Karipiano i kekahi o kā mākou mau hoa. Ma muli o ko mākou kākoʻo ʻana i nā papahana ma ka ʻāpana like, ua huli ka hoa hana iā mākou e ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēlā me kēia a me ka papahana. ʻO ia hoʻi, ua launa aku au i nā lālā o ko mākou kaiāulu kūpono loa e hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ʻepekema e pili ana i kahi papahana ma kahi ʻāʻī ma ka Caribbean.

Ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻia ke kōkua a mahalo nui wau. ʻOi aku ka mahalo no kā mākou hana pono ʻana i kā mākou hoa. I loko o ka manawa pōkole loa, ua ʻike ʻia ʻaʻole maikaʻi kēia. Ua aʻo mākou ʻaʻole maoli nā kiʻi ma ka pūnaewele—ʻoiaʻiʻo, he papahana ʻokoʻa lākou ma kahi ʻokoʻa loa. Ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻohe ʻae a ʻae ʻia kēlā kanaka e hana ma luna o kekahi papa ma ka mokupuni, a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua pilikia ʻo ia me ke Kuhina Kaiapuni ma mua. ʻOiai e ʻiʻini mau ana kā mākou hoa e kākoʻo i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka ʻāʻī kūpono i ka Caribbean, ʻike maopopo ʻia kēia pāhana he waiwai maikaʻi ʻole.

ʻO kēia kahi laʻana o ke kōkua a mākou e hāʻawi ai me ka ʻike kūloko a me ka makemake o kā mākou pūnaewele ākea e kaʻana like i kā lākou ʻike.  Kaʻana like mākou i ka pahuhopu like ʻo ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i ke olakino moana - inā he ʻepekema, kānāwai, a i ʻole kālā paha ka nīnau. ʻO nā kumuwaiwai e hiki ai iā mākou ke kaʻana like i kā mākou ʻike i loko o ka hale e loaʻa mai i kā mākou Ocean Leadership Fund, akā he mea nui ka waiwai kanaka o ke kaiāulu, a he waiwai nui lākou. ʻO ka lā 1 o Iune ʻo ia ka lā "ʻōlelo maikaʻi" - akā, puka mai koʻu mahalo no ka poʻe e hana ikaika nei ma ka inoa o nā kahakai a me ka moana i kēlā me kēia lā.