What is Kalaupapa National Park?
Kalaupapa National Park is a beautiful stretch of land on the Northern Peninsula of Molokai Island in Hawaii. The park was established in 1980 to mark both the tragedy of enforced exile of those who contracted Hansen’s disease (leprosy) and the triumph of the many who came to care for the sick and run the colony. The park is called a quiet and contemplative place, still housing some of those formerly affected by the condition, though Hawaii no longer requires anyone who once had leprosy to remain secluded from friends and family.
