Major Japanese Real-estate Mogul Gives 5 Million Dollar Home to Hawaiian Family

Imagine if you would be a low income or homeless family. You live out on the streets day in and day out, sleeping in government provided shelters. You and your children hardly know where the next meal is coming from, and your struggling just to make ends meat, that is if you even have a job. Bad luck and unfortunate circumstances have plagued your life but just when all seems lost, and hope begins to diminish, a kind person lends a helping hand. In doing so this person hands you the key to a new home, but not just any home, a huge luxurious mansion where you and your family can now live. Sound crazy? Well that's just what's going on with a Japanese business men and low income and homeless families in Hawaii.

Genshiro Kawamoto is a real estate mogul from Japan. He is actually one of the richest men in the country and decided to give back to the community. He has set up a program in Hawaii where homeless and low income families can live in his homes rent free; all they have to do is pay the utility bills. One of the families that was offered one of these dream homes was Dorie-Ann Kahale. She and her five children were handed the keys to their new home by Kawamoto himself.

Kahale become homeless last year when she was unable to pay rent at her small apartment. Her landlord raised the rent from 800$ to 1200$ which was just too much for her to pay out while supporting her family. Her job at Pacific Litenet was barley payer her enough to support her family and the rent raise was just too much. Kahale moved in with some family but went to stay at a shelter in September of 2006. She continues to work for the same telecommunications company but in this day and age with so many children she could not afford any kind of home of her own in Hawaii.

Hawaii has an under represented homeless and low income population in the United States but because they are not part of the mainland they become underrated in these fields people just don't understand how expensive it is to live in the paradise islands. An average home in the Hawaiian Islands can easily cost upwards of 800,000 dollars. Even Kawamoto's 5 million dollar mansion is considered modest compared to many homes in the area.

Kawamoto decided to start this project because he believes it is a better way of helping a family then just handing out wads of cash. Many times direct cash donations are hard to handle for the homeless so buying them a nice home really just gives them a good foundation to work from, and Kawamoto's homes are nice indeed. White columned homes with circular driveways, stone staircases, and deep sunk in porcelain tubs. Kahale was more then happy and gracious accepting this gift from her new hero in a teary eyed moment when Kawamoto gave her they key to her new home.

Although it seems like a huge gesture to most of us, Kawamoto sees this as only a small donation. He plans to do much more the these people in the future and continue to help in any way he can. In his own words he stated that he was fortunate enough to be blessed in this life, and wants more then anything to help those less fortunate. In total Kawamoto plans to open seven more of his homes to needy Hawaiian families. It's so great to see kindness like this, it brings a warm feeling to all our hearts.