Youth mental health challenges keep mounting 2 years after Maui wildfires
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Maui Hero Project's Joseph Anderson, DayJahiah Valdivia, Ocean Viera and Ivan Macias follow Kahkahi Ocean Academy's Zane Kekoa Schweitzer's breathing exercise to re-center themselves after the beach physical training and lifeguard skills training in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Anderson and Valdivia were affected by the August 2023, fires on Maui. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)Maui Hero Project intern DayJahiah Valdivia, 16, talks about the group with Kahkahi Ocean Academy in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)Students walk to the temporary Pulelehua campus of King Kamehameha III Elementary School in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Monday, April 1, 2024. The original school was destroyed in the August 2023, fires. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)Maui YMCA Director of West Side Resource Center Jaylou Cabrera opens a door to their new space while it's under renovation in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The center will offer various services including meeting the community's mental-health needs after the August 2023, fires destroyed the historic West Maui town. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)Kahkahi Ocean Academy's Zane Kekoa Schweizer, left, steers as Maui Hero Project youth paddle into the bay from D.T. Fleming Beach in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)
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Maui Hero Project's Joseph Anderson, DayJahiah Valdivia, Ocean Viera and Ivan Macias follow Kahkahi Ocean Academy's Zane Kekoa Schweitzer's breathing exercise to re-center themselves after the beach physical training and lifeguard skills training in Lahaina, Hawaii, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Anderson and Valdivia were affected by the August 2023, fires on Maui. (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat via AP)