Loving, Serving, Feeding

MAui’s Houseless ohana

Compassion in action

We’re a grassroots outreach program that’s been serving Maui’s houseless community since 2021. Twice a week, we bring meals, water, clothing, and supplies to five encampments in Kahului and Wailuku — but the real work is about connection.

We walk alongside our neighbors: sharing meals, offering rides, showing up in emergencies, and finding ways to ease suffering together. With community partners, we’re also hosting Ohana dinners and building legal support so folks can stand up against unfair citations.

Some orgs. push social services; we love people exactly as they are.

“The Aloha was lost, but you guys found it.” — Houseless Uncle

  • Who we serve

    75+ houseless residents (primarily Native Hawaiian) across five encampments in Kahului and Wailuku. These encampments have an extraordinary amount of Aloha flowing through them, and their residents include teachers, wisdom keepers, and elders.

  • How we serve

    Encampment Outreach (Food/Camping Supplies), Resource Connection, Legal Advocacy Program, Ohana Building

    Read more below.

  • Why we serve

    “Compassion is bringing our deepest truth into our actions, no matter how much the world seems to resist, because that is ultimately what we have to give this world and one another.” -Ram Dass, Compassion in Action  

Resource collab

It takes a village to serve a village. We’re calling hearts together to build a network of care.

What we are looking for…

• Hotel Connections: towels, blankets, linins, toiletries

• Camping Supplies Connections: tarps, batteries, tents

• Doctor, Therapist, Dentist (pro bono services)

• Farm Connections: product

• Restaurant/Bakery Connections: food, pastries, coffee

Get involved!

Encampment Outreach

Twice a week, we visit the encampments to share food, talk story, and distribute camping supplies. Our outreach days often last six hours, as we serve up to 75 residents across five encampments. These visits give us a chance to build friendships and better understand folks’ individual needs and situations. Our intention is to love people exactly as they are, listening deeply to hear how best to alleviate suffering from moment to moment.

To support this effort…

Legal Advocacy

Many of our houseless brothers and sisters receive criminal trespassing charges—but they have nowhere else to go. Their very existence is criminalized. Thankfully, the judiciary in Maui often responds with compassion—especially when they understand that someone is being charged simply for living where they have no legal alternative.


But here’s the catch: the difference between jail time and a dropped case can be as simple as having someone show up. A ride. A friendly face. A sense of safety.

That’s where we come in.

We’re looking for

Our goal is to be there—not just as drivers, but as loving companions, well-prepared, ready to stand by them, and show our community that they are not alone.

  • Help driving and accompanying people to court

  • Help watching their stuff so they can even show up to court

We now have an in-house lawyer helping folks prepare a simple script so they can speak truthfully and powerfully in court.

Building Ohana

We walk alongside our houseless neighbors in shared community—creating spaces of healing, trust, and connection. Recently, we had a BBQ at a houseless encampment near Kahului Harbor where about 30 people from three different camps came together on a rocky beach to strum ukuleles, talk story, and break bread. One Hawaiian uncle who lives in the bushes nearby told us, “The Aloha was lost, but you guys found it.”

ʻOhana-building, breaking bread’—they’re not just nice gestures. They’re the foundation. They build trust. And from that trust, deeper service becomes possible.

We hope to cultivate the Ohana spirit in all the things we do.

Reach out to us!

We’re open to all levels of involvement. Please reach out with any interest. curiosity, or ideas.

Contact Jason: moscowjason@gmail.com | (443) 895-0677