Benae Basurto, a 31-year swim instructor whose Lahaina home and pool were destroyed in the 2023 fire, has completed rebuilding her living quarters but needs $30,000 to repair her pool before she can reopen Little Honu Swim School.
- Basurto’s Little Honu Swim School served over 120 children per week before the 2023 Lahaina wildfire destroyed her home-based pool.
- More than three years after the fire, she has finished rebuilding her residence but her pool remains unusable.
- She is fundraising $30,000 to repair the pool, the final step needed to resume her swim instruction business.
- In the meantime, she has been borrowing use of other pools to continue teaching on a limited basis.
Source: Hawaii News Now
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