Many residents are staying put near their burned-out homes and away from official relief centers set up on the other side of the island.
WAILEA, Hawaii — One week after wildfires roared across Maui and devoured their property, residents who have called this island home for generations were watching over the ashes.and fearful of outsiders' swooping in to take their ancestral homes, they were organizing their own relief efforts to get food and supplies to people who are unwilling or unable to venture far from their destroyed properties.
Kekoa Lansford, who lost his Lahaina home and soon found himself using his truck to ferry fleeing neighbors to safety, said the federal government has historically treated native Hawaiians as"second-class citizens." to be on the lookout for scammers who won’t"hesitate to take advantage of the challenging times to commit fraud and other crimes."
"Our community is the one stepping up," he said."If you look at all of the different relief aid stops and centers, you’ll see there is a native Hawaiian in charge of every single one. Native Hawaiians have shouldered the relief effort because they do not expect help from the local or federal government. It comes from the belief that if we don’t do something, we’re going to die. They’re not coming to help us.
In contrast, the distribution hubs established by native Hawaiians and other residents are much closer to the hardest-hit people, she said.
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