Five Mountains Hawaii has many partners in shaping a unique model of health and healing. Essentially, every person or organization that is actively involved in improving their own and our community's health and wellness is a partner. Our sister organizations include:

• North Hawaii Outcomes Project
• The Kohala Center
• North Hawaii Community Hospital
• Friends of the Future

The goal of the North Hawaii Outcomes Project (NHOP) is to support existing and future efforts to improve the health and quality of life in North Hawaii by developing a useful community health measurement system to clarify common priorities and to both track and facilitate improvement. The North Hawaii Outcomes Project is a project of The Earl and Doris Bakken Foundation and works closely with Five Mountains Hawaii (FMH), North Hawaii Community Hospital, Tutu’s House, Earl’s Garage and The Kohala Center. The NHOP also collaborates with local, county, state and national organizations, which have overlapping missions.

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The Kohala Center is a newly formed, privately funded, and fully independent academic center, located in Waimea on the Island of Hawai'i. The Kohala Center's mission is to sustain the natural environment, strengthen the social fabric, and develop the economy of Hawai'i Island through innovations in research and education.

The Center identifies, welcomes, and supports high quality teaching and research programs in the following academic areas: global medicine, ocean sciences, environmental studies, and alternative energy.

From the Island point of view, these programs should contribute to the healing of the human community, the human spirit, and the natural environment.

The Kohala Center is at the hub of an estimable network of Island private, public, and independent sector institutions that turn the entire Island of Hawai'i into a living classroom and laboratory for scholars who share its values, for those who embrace living communities and living cultures in their pursuit of academic excellence at all levels -- from kindergarten through postgraduate study. The Center will ensure that all teaching and research programs it sponsors are oriented to the spiritual and cultural landscape in which Island life is embedded.

By consciously operating at the intersection of culture, science, and community, The Kohala Center understands that its collaborative work will sustain the Island of Hawai'i, as well as develop knowledge that will be of value to the world as a whole.

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Cradled in the foothills of the dormant volcano, Kohala, North Hawai'i Community Hospital (NHCH) is the first in the country to integrate the latest Western, technology-based medicine with ancient Hawaiian, Asian, and holistic healing arts. Its vision is to become the most healing hospital in the world. The 35-bed, acute care facility, located in Waimea, opened in 1996 and was ranked No. 1 nationally in 1997 for patient satisfaction by Dallas-based Solution Point, a survey company that rates hospitals from the patient's perspective.

NHCH offers a full spectrum of acute care services with a commitment to patient-centered care that treats the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - in the context of family, culture, and community. Designed as a "healing instrument", NHCH is fast becoming a prototype for the practice of blended medicine.

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Friends of the Future came into being in 1988 when an unusual collection of people (corporate CEO's, taro farmers, professors, scientists, religious and cultural practitioners and others) met, at first having no connection other than their friendship with organization founder Kenneth Brown. However, over two years of meetings and coming to know one another, the group identified several common values centered on the Hawaiian culture and a common dream for healthy communities.

Friends of the Future's guiding principles are:

• The spirit of giving; Invoking the spirit of giving and aloha is the essence of Friends of the Future.
• Honoring and learning from the native Hawaiian culture; Friends of the Future is rooted in the spirit and values of the Hawaiian culture.
• Face-to-face, heart-to-heart communications; When we talk face-to-face and heart-to-heart, stereo-types and prejudices fade and, gradually, "them" becomes part of "us".
• Diversity and trust; We believe diversity is life-sustaining in both nature and society. Communication among diverse peoples, values, cultures and world views, brings the old and the new together to create a better way. And we also create a place where people are listened to and feel trusted.
• Bringing out the best in everyone; In this environment of diversity and trust, we facilitate opportunities where people are willing to share their values and wisdom, and to contribute their very best.
• Lokahi: Peace, Unity and Harmony; We seek to create and sustain a cooperative environment.
• Commitment to follow-up and action; It is through our actions that we demonstrate our commitment to our cause.