Foundation for Youth Development, BOP

Kiwi Can kids looking after their community

Kiwi Can Leaders have been trialling a new initiative to combat graffiti in the community with two participating Kiwi Can schools, Te Kura o Matapihi and Arataki Primary. The schools' chose a local wall, or in the case of Matapihi the local bridge was selected, painted it to remove existing tagging and then applied a custom made stencil. Where previously the locations had been tagged nightly,  after several weeks there is virtually no tagging.

Pictured: 10 year old students Aaliyah Chase and John Hewlett taking part in the tagging clean-up project.

Welcome Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club

In December 2009, FYD, BOP welcomed Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club on as a Kiwi Can sponsor. The Club has agreed to support the Kiwi Can programme in the Bay of Plenty for a minimum of three years. Thanks Rotary for your commitment to growing great Kiwi kids with FYD!

Pictured (from left to right): President of Tauranga Sunrise Rotary Club, Sally Morrison, Foundation for Youth Development BoP Trust chair Trish Jones, and Sunrise Rotary president elect David Burnett, signing the MoU in Dec 2009.