Robbie's Story
Born in Morrinsville and spending his early years in the Wairarapa before settling in the beautiful Hawke’s Bay, childhood was anything but simple. Growing up on the autism spectrum, Robbie often felt like an outsider. In Year 10, Robbie was selected for the Foundation’s Project K programme, an experience he proudly says shaped him into the person he is today.
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Alex's Kiwi Can Experience
Graeme Dingle Foundation Western Bay of Plenty recently spoke with an ex-Kiwi Can student, Alex, who attended the programme in Te Puke several years ago. Alex spoke on his experience with the programme and how it helped him build life-skills which he still uses in his career today.
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Ayla's Story
I will never be anything... I am never going to go anywhere in life... I’m a failure... I’m ugly... No one likes me... I shouldn’t be here... I should just die. All of the thoughts I just shared were ones that I felt frequently up until I was selected for Project K.
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Ethan's Story
At the start of 2020, Ethan realised doing something was better than doing nothing so he signed up for the Career Navigator Community programme through the Graeme Dingle Foundation in Wellington.
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Olivia's Story
It was no surprise Olivia became a Stars Peer Mentor in 2015 when given the opportunity to sign up after being mentored by great role models when she was starting as a year 9 at Rutherford High School.
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Ayush's Story
Stars Peer Mentoring helped me immensely in what I’ve been doing now, because it was one of the first formative experiences that I had to give back and to serve others, that experience and the skills I gained from that has helped me so much, in terms of, what I do now.
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Brooke's Story
Brooke, a Stars student from Rutherford College in 2013 and now a member of our National Youth Advisory Group shares her experience with our Stars programme and how that led her to where she is today.
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