Pacific Gateway Center's mission is to empower Hawaii's low-income residents, immigrants and refugees to achieve self-sufficiency through skill-building and access to opportunities while respecting cultural heritages.

Description:
Pacific Gateway Center (PGC), established in 1973 by the Palama Council of Churches, is a multi-purpose, multi-lingual 501(c)(3) private non-profit corporation and AUW member, formerly known as the Kalihi Palama Immigrant Center.

PGC's wide-ranging activities focus on financial self-sufficiency and asset building and include a kitchen incubator, micro-loans, business start-up assistance, Hawaii Language Bank, immigrant and refugee services, employment readiness, job placement, retail incubator in late 2008, six-units of affordable housing, etc.

History:
Established in 1973 by the Palama Council of Churches as the Kalihi Palama Immigrant Service Center, the agency was renamed the Pacific Gateway Center in 1999 with the shift of its clientele to low income residents in general.

Contact people:

Tin Myaing, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Tamar DeFries, Program Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

723 C Umi Street Honolulu, HI 96817 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.pacificgatewaycenter.org