Work of many successful
The men and women of Kalaupapa — both those living there now and those who were forced to live there — have finally received their due, but it took the work of a volunteer organization, the people on Kalaupapa themselves and Maui’s senators.
Sen. J. Kalani English was particularly cited for getting Senate Concurrent Resolution 208 passed by the 2008 Legislature.
The resolution traces the history of misery suffered by victims of Hansen’s disease and the fear of leprosy that prompted Kamehameha V’s Board of Health in 1866 to establish a segregated settlement at Kalaupapa, a largely inaccessible peninsula on Molokai’s north side. The intent was to supply housing and treatment.
Those who were transported to Kalaupapa had no choice, but, as the resolution points out, “these heroic individuals did not want anyone else to experience this disease, which was not only physically painful, but also emotionally difficult to bear.”
The resolution also
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