Help create a welcoming space for kids from refugee backgrounds

Refugee Youth Action Network (RYAN) is the youth arm of leading New Zealand refugee mental health and wellbeing support service, RASNZ.

We provide free school holiday programmes for children and youth from refugee backgrounds, tutoring services, mentoring for university students and assistance with finding employment. We also organise social, sporting and leadership events for young people.

All of this activity means our space is, um, well-utilised...and it shows! We want our youth members and visitors from the wider Auckland community to feel welcomed and inspired when they enter our doors - but, after 7 years of constant and enthusiastic use by countless children and teenagers, our little hub is looking pretty shabby.

Help us raise funds for a lick of paint, a bit of landscaping, some new equipment (our beloved pool table is shaped rather like a ski slope)...and even a fabulous new mural on the outside of our building which everyone in the community can see and enjoy!

All work (aside from anything that has to be done by a licenced professional, of course) will be done by volunteers - including the youth themselves.

Any extra funds donated will go directly towards the core costs of running this life-changing service for young people.