Big Buddy
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Big Buddy works with the simple philosophy that boys need good male role models to become good men. Unfortunately, many boys do not have a father or other male role model. Their mothers do courageous work in raising their boys alone but cannot model maleness. And above all else, boys learn through modeling.
Big Buddy finds these boys a male mentor, fostering a long-term relationship similar to that of say an uncle. Simple yet profound in its reach, it's just a good man turning up into a boy's life every week, listening to him, modeling what it means to be a good man and showing him a man cares for him.
They will do ordinary things like exploring, informal sport, fishing, fixing a car or simply hanging out together. The boy's sense of self worth will develop, he will do better at school and be less inclined to crime and abuse. Statistics on positive mentoring are compelling.
Our motto, "One man can't save the world - but he can make a world of difference to one boys life". It's that simple.
The programme has run successfully across the Auckland region since 1997. In response to huge demand Big Buddy is currently expanding its services across all of NZ.
Winning a donation from Sovereign will help us achieve:
All donations to Big Buddy are used towards salaries and support costs of the coordinators who do the field work of finding mentors, meeting boys and caregivers, matching mentors with boys and supporting the life long relationships that bloom from these matches.
Our details:
| Registration No: | CC22447 |
| Region: | Wellington, Auckland, Central Auckland, South Auckland, North Auckland, West Auckland, East Auckland |
| Category: | Children's health - mental wellness and support for emotional trauma, Parental advice and support |
| Contact Person: | Richard Aston (Chief Executive) |
| Address: | PO Box 83031, Edmonton, Waitakere 0652 |
| Telephone: | Ph 09 838 4448 |
| Email: | richard@bigbuddy.org.nz |
| Website: | www.bigbuddy.org.nz |
| No. helped nationally: | 100 |
| No. helped per project: | 300 |
| Existing sponsors or funders: | ASB Community Trust, Lotteries, COGs, Small amount from CYFs, The Trusts Foundation |
