The Opal Place - Helping Parents in Prison Stay Connected with their kids & youth

I started a website called The Opal Place (.co.nz) that provides my Free resources to families with a loved one in prison, Corrections Staff, Teachers & Guidance Councillors, Chaplains, Social Workers & anyone else who has contact with parents inside prison or their awesome & courageous children.

You see - I know first-hand what its like to be a scared kid in foster care & I know what its like to be an anxious parent inside prison trying their best to parent & guide their child from behind-the-wire.

What I've learnt the hard-way is that a traumatic child-hood will affect your adult-hood & then in-turn your own children. Having survived my child-hood, addiction, mental health & prison I wanted to use my voice, experiences & passion to help other people like myself in The Opal Community.

I have struggled to write a huge resource for parents in prison and their children & youth. The resources goal is to inspire both the Opal parent and their children and to empower & educate themselves & of course to help entertain! I am also respectful of the huge diversity of faiths in the Opal Community & do my best to make it a place that is welcome to all.

My goal is to help empower Opal parents any-where in the world so that we can find & create solutions for ourselves to end the endless cycle of apathy, crime, addiction & hopelessness - so that our children can be set free of this cycle. Please read more on The Opal Place (.co.nz)

Thank you for your kindness

Use of funds

Your donation will help with: Promotion of The Opal Place, advice & help (editing costs, proof-reading, technology etc), translation of my resources into: Te Reo, Spanish etc & posting out laminated resources to 3rd world prisons.

Other page links

• on YouTube
• theopalplace.co.nz/