Afghanistan to Anakiwa - An Outward Bound Course for Former Refugee Women

You are supporting a group of refugee women, mainly from Afghanistan, who have been through much in their lives and are excited to attend the first 8 day, all women's refugee Outward Bound course in February 2025.

Getting out and experiencing the beauty and challenge of Aotearoa/NZ's outdoors can be especially difficult for this group due to family commitments, financial constraints, limited outdoor experience, language challenges and low self confidence. Connection to the land and to nature improves mental and physical wellbeing, helping people cope with tough times. With this in mind the opportunity for personal growth by being in the outdoors at Anakiwa is incredible. It is believed attending Outward Bound will further build the confidence, trust and understanding, and leadership skills of the women and help them discover what they are capable of. The women have already started building their fitness and learning about working as a team. As mothers, wives, sisters and daughters this is a rich gift that they will share with their family, friends and communities.

The women are grateful to Outward Bound for providing this amazing opportunity and sponsoring the course. However to make this possible, we are seeking additional funding to cover the return air fares from Auckland to Blenheim. While the woman have committed to paying what they can, your donation will help make this life changing experience possible. Thank you for being a part of this, it means a great deal.