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Kalaupapa Exile Community Shows Quiet Hope on Molokai
Sixty miles from Honolulu Kalaupapa on Molokai houses 208 people living in self imposed exile from society. The colony governed by Hawaii state Health Department offers homes food aid and medical care with little fear of contagion. A 1930 resident who married before coming says she loves Kalaupapa and has no wish to leave. Father Damien is remembered as a hero and the settlement, once stark and grim, now functions as a small self contained village with churches a theater post office and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaupapa
Molokai, Hawaii
Honolulu
Edward Burlem
Kalaupapa
Hawaii
Department of Health
Ira Hirschy
Department
State Health Department
Hirschy
Kamehamena V
Father Damien
Gustave
Molokai Island
Molokai