Kai Makana takes an active role in educating and mobilizing the public to better understand and preserve marine life and the ocean environment.  Through educational youth mentorship and community-based programs, Kai Makana motivates people to protect, preserve, and respect the ocean as an ecosystem central to our health, wellness and happiness.

Our vision is a healthy viable ocean environment sustained by youth, family, and communities who actively participate to preserve, protect and care for our ocean and marine life.

We envision a world where people show respect for the ocean through their everyday actions.

To that end, Kai Makana's educational format fosters an intergenerational and multi-cultural value based experiential learning environment.  

We believe that family participation and community prescribed allocation of responsibility and accountability, are essential to effective and efficient outcomes that are meaningful to the community itself, as well as to our youth.