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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Megan Tagami

Takeaways from our collaboration on youth mental health after the Maui wildfires

Education-Natural Disasters-Mental Health - (Kevin Fujii/Honolulu Civil Beat)

Ever since wildfires destroyed Lahaina two years ago, hundreds of students have struggled mentally — and not all have received the help they need.

The Hawaii Department of Education estimates more than a third of Maui students lost a family member, sustained a serious injury or had a parent lose a job after the fires, which killed 102 people and damaged more than 3,300 properties in Lahaina.

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