Pacific TechnologyCooperation Group
Students gathered around a drone flying through a competition hoop at a PTCG STEM event
The 2026 Five-0 awarded $2,000 in student prizes →

Every gift closes an ocean of distance.

PTCG is a Hawaiʻi nonprofit that puts drones, cyber ranges, and mentors directly into the hands of Pacific Island students — from Oʻahu to American Samoa. All of it funded by people who give back.

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4years of competition 20+schools represented 20+partners & sponsors $2,000in student prizes each year

Why we give

Technology should never widen the distance between communities. It should close it.

We build the bridges: between students and mentors, industry and academia, tradition and innovation. Everything we do is grounded in kuleana — our shared responsibility to one another — and carried forward by aloha.

And every bit of it runs on the generosity of the people and partners who give back.

How we measure our impact →

What your gift does

Straight into a student's hands

Every program is donor-funded. Gifts become flight time, range time, and podium moments for Hawaiʻi students — here's what different amounts make possible.

A drone navigating a PVC obstacle course at the Ke Ala Hou STEM Camp
$25

Keeps a camp drone flying

Propellers, batteries, and spare parts for the Ke Ala Hou flight line.

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Students working together at the Ke Ala Hou STEM Camp
$100

Helps cover a camp seat

A Hawaiʻi student's week of aeronautics, data science, and coding.

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Students competing at the Hawaiʻi Cyber Forensics Five-0 Challenge
$500

Puts a prize on the podium

Student awards that make the Cyber Forensics Five-0 worth racing for.

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Where the giving goes to work

Four programs, one current

01 Competition Cyber Forensics Five-0 The Pacific's premier high school cyber forensics competition — a simulated cybercrime scene, a ticking clock, and $2,000 on the podium. Students at the Hawaiʻi Cyber Forensics Five-0 Challenge 02 Summer camp Ke Ala Hou STEM Camp Five days of aeronautics, geospatial applications, data science, and coding — with 1:1 mentors on the flight line. A student piloting a drone with a handheld controller 03 Convening Technology Cooperation Summit Leaders uniting technology, culture, and government for a resilient Pacific. Leaders gathered at the Pacific Technology Cooperation Summit 04 Pathway Internships A 12-week gateway from classroom to career, mentored by working IT and cybersecurity professionals. A student intently piloting a drone controller
I felt like everything was perfect — the drones, the code, and the activities were good and fun.
— A student, Ke Ala Hou STEM Camp
Students collaborating around a laptop at a PTCG STEM camp

Leadership

Meet our co-founders

Portrait of Jon Narvaes, Co-Founder of PTCG

Co-Founder

Jon Narvaes

A technologist and community leader from Hawaiʻi focused on empowering Pacific Island communities through technology and innovation. Drawing on extensive private- and public-sector experience, Jon bridges technological divides and champions STEM camps, technology workshops, and cybersecurity programs that educate the next generation.

Portrait of Sonny Rosales, Co-Founder of PTCG

Co-Founder

Sonny Rosales

A mentor, veteran, and community leader whose life's work is grounded in kuleana and driven by aloha. A proud alumnus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and its Army ROTC program, Sonny advises on federal technology initiatives that strengthen national security while uplifting Pacific communities and the next generation of leaders.

Giving back, in pictures

This is what your generosity looks like

Stories from the field →
Students at a PTCG robotics and drone workshop X-STEM Oʻahu workshops
Students at a PTCG STEM event
A PTCG outreach session with students
Campers on the Ke Ala Hou flight line
Hands-on STEM learning at a PTCG event
JROTC division students at the Cyber Forensics Five-0 JROTC division, Cyber Forensics Five-0
A student piloting a drone
A student concentrating on a drone controller

Monthly giving

Keep the current flowing.

One-time gifts fund moments. Monthly givers fund the steady work between them — the practice ranges, the school visits, the mentors who keep showing up. Join the circle that keeps PTCG moving year-round.

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Mahalo

Built with our community

Twenty-plus partners across industry, academia, and government give back alongside us.

NDIADIUNSINLeidosPeratonPasha Hawaii Holomua TechHTDCNakupuna FoundationUS Coast Guard Magna AeronauticsUH Office of InnovationChaminade University

Be part of something stronger.

Every gift fuels a drone, a cyber range, a camp seat — and a student who discovers what they're capable of.