Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawai‘i

since 1963, big brothers big sisters hawaiʻi has helped children facing adversity reach their fullest potential by matching them with a caring volunteer in a one-to-one mentoring friendship. our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. as a member of the nation’s largest donor and volunteer-supported mentoring network, we are hawaii's mentoring experts. our programs are based on over 100 years of evidence-based research and our best practices are shared with more than 300 affiliates across the country. learn more about our impact... -the goals of our mentoring programs are to help children: -avoid risky behavior such as abusing drugs and alcohol, joining a gang, and/or teen pregnancy; -achieve educational success by encouraging and motivating kids to stay in school and graduate from college; -develop higher aspirations and hope for their futures by exposin