Meet the 2019 ProCare Foundation recipients
National Foundation for Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Project Overview: 'Make Listening Safe' programme which focuses on noise-induced youth hearing loss awareness and prevention. This will cover three secondary schools located within the Auckland region. Funding will also cover hearing screen checks for 300 year nine students.
YMCA North
Project Overview: Funding will promote active communities in selected South Auckland Intermediate Sports Camps at YMCA Adair. At each of these three one-week-long camps 320 students from eight schools will be encouraged to adapt healthy lifestyle choices and be provided with sporting opportunities.
Auckland sexual abuse help foundation charitable trust
Project Overview: The 'Dear Em' sexual abuse prevention programme for girls in schools will be extended out to intermediate and high schools across the Auckland region. These sessions will empower girls to say 'no', how to manage peer pressure around sexual abuse, coping strategies, empowering and enabling young girls to support each other with positive sexual health behaviour and where to go if they need help.
Action Education Incorporated
Project Overview: Funding will go towards supporting 'the positive development programme' in schools, marae, kura, care and protection and youth justice facilities in the Auckland region. Programmes will offer a safe space for youth to explore who they are in the context of their peers and empower them to break society stereotypes.
Asthma New Zealand Inc
Project Overview: As New Zealand holds the second highest rate of asthma mortality for 5-35 year olds. Delivering free education and support to school students and staff will ensure that they are well equipped, understand the fundamental symptoms of asthma, manage students identified with asthma and respond confidently in an asthma emergency.
New Zealand AIDS Foundation
Project Overview: Funding will go towards two smart vending machines to dispense HIV self-tests (HST) to Kiwis at high-risk of acquiring HIV. The machines will be located in venues around Auckland, and will be displayed to capture contact details so that people can be linked into care and offered support when required Support Services will be available by phone, email and face-to-face via NZAF peer testers and counsellors. Three vending machines over twelve months will be trialled and evaluated to determine the effectiveness in New Zealand.
Dance Therapy New Zealand
Project Overview: Funding will go towards extending the 'Dance Movement and Arts Therapy' programme to 36 sessions for at-risk children and 64 sessions for kids with special needs and disabilities from April 2020 - April 2021. This is to improve the health and well-being of at-risk and vulnerable kids living in the South Auckland region.
National Heart Foundation
Project Overview: To support the greater Auckland region, a specially designed mobile van will go around to maraes, sports clubs, shopping centres, GP practices, parks and other facilities to meet people in the community to complete heart health checks, blood pressures and diabetes screens. The van will also provide information and resources on healthy lifestyle, food and nutrition to empower and save lives by taking this service to individuals who may not otherwise engage with the service.
Family Success Matters
Project Overview: Funding will go towards supporting the delivery of the 'Fathers for Families Programme' to 200 Dad's in Counties Manukau region. The creation of this programme is designed to improve the health and safety of over 600 at-risk children pre-birth to the age of six.