Kootuitui ki Papakura
Supporting whaanau and schools to enable better life outcomes for young people growing up in South Auckland.
Auckland
Kootuitui means weaving or connecting, and in this way, our strands work together to support whaanau and schools to improve outcomes for tamariki.
Kootuitui Trust has four strands: Education, Health, Whaanau, and Financial Wellbeing. Like Harakeke, these strands are intrinsically interconnected and interdependent, as illustrated by our logo and our name.
Kootuitui Trust exists to redress the inequity in our community and improve the immediate, mid and lifelong outcomes of young people growing up in South Auckland.
Research has identified that these four key strands, when delivered together, can have a transformative impact on our children, their futures, and the community.
Kootuitui works at grassroots levels, providing direct support to our cluster of six low-decile schools in South Auckland: Papakura High School, Edmund Hillary School, Kereru Park Campus, Papakura Central School, Mangapikopiko School, and Te Taamatatanga o Pukekohekohe.
Due to the ongoing impact of barriers, such as the high cost of living, we have extended our support to many other schools and whaanau residing in Papakura and surrounding areas who are experiencing persistent poverty.
More about us
We are a charitable organisation comprising a collective of community representatives, including Mana Whenua, established in late 2015 to provide services for a cluster of schools in South Auckland. Our goal is to support whaanau and schools to enable better life outcomes for young people in South Auckland.
Our programme is an integration of four strands:
- Education Strand: is an Outreach of Manaiakalani and provides 1:1 digital learning for students (one device per student) and professional development for teachers to build their capacity and transform learning environments.
- Health Strand: is the provision of daily school health clinics in primary schools with nurses and whaanau workers, and support of enhanced health service in the secondary school, such as a full-time nurse practitioner.
- Whaanau Strand: built through co-design, we work with whaanau to enable safe and healthy homes through initiatives such as, Warm Dry Healthy Homes, Energy Efficiency, and minor repairs.
- Financial Wellbeing Strand: expert financial guidance supporting whaanau to address financial challenges, and empower them with the tools and knowledge to take control of their finances.
We benefit from the support of funders, partners and community organisations, and the commitment of the schools’ boards, leaders, teachers, and staff.
Use of funds
Funds raised will be used to support needy families who are purchasing a digital device for their tamariki.
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