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November 2025 Alzheimer’s Association Hawaii Island Programs
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Ka’u Rural Health Academy Celebrate the first Intergenerational Community Health Workers training program
Congratulations! to Ka’u Rural Health Community Association’s all volunteer students who participated in 2025 Ka’u Rural Health Academy’s first Inaugural Intergenerational Community Health Workers Training. Listed from front row left to right are: Theresa Richardson (Program Assistant), Donna Kekoa,Auntie Jessie Marques (Program Coordinator), Rochele Davis, Shanea Calumpit, Amanda Salmo-Lazar,Krystalyne Gascon.Back row: Geraldo Balcazar (VYC Training Director),Resa Salmo, Lina Kolosova, Maria Lemus (Vision Y Compromiso Executive Director )
In 2025 Ka’u Rural Health Community Association. Inc. (KRHCAI) received $50K funding from Vision Y Compromiso Executive Director Maria Lemus in support of KRHCAI Community nHealth Worker training. VYC is network of Promotores and Community Health Workers (established in2001) with leadership from four California Regions ; Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Bernadino abd San Diego California.
Promotoro/Community Health Workers (CHWs)originated from the need to create proper health resources for communities that did not receive services in traditional health systems. The Community Transformation Model is used in this training. Goals support training participants to strengthen their knowledge and skills by sharing information and experiences and engaging i n participatory skill-building activities that will expand and enhance how the Community Transformation Model is implemented in their community work.
This core competency training is comprised of topics identified in the California Endowment framing paper entitled the Promotor Model: A Model for Building Healthy Communities, which describes the fundamental three-stage model of transformation that is defined by: 1) Relationship Building; 2)Bridging Understanding through information sharing; and 3) Community Participation through individual and Collective Action.
A direct result of this successful intergenerational comminity health worker training Ka’u Rural Health Community Association inc. will continue to partner with Visio Y Compromiso and promote future intergenerational CHW training.
IN THE NEXT ISSUE : Students, trainer and supporterswill share their comments and experiences. MAHALO!
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