Te Ara Poutama AEC Charitable Trust.

Grow in confidence and self-esteem.

Te Ara Poutama AEC Charitable Trust was established to cater for the needs of students ages 13-16yrs, alienated from mainstream education and at-risk of permanent dislocation from a positive future. Te Ara Poutama provides an emotionally safe learning environment where students can discover their unique strengths and talents while learning new skills, gaining motivation, self-discipline and improving self-esteem.

Our Story

Education is the enemy of poverty.

Our aim is to see students enrolled in the programme benefit in the following ways:
  • grow in confidence and self-esteem
  • discover their unique abilities, talents and strengths
  • improve in areas of self-discipline such as punctuality, attendance and work-habits
  • improve their outlook on life
  • develop new skills for managing behavious, such as conflict resolution and relating to others
  • reduce areas of risky behaviours
  • improve habits of sexual behaviour, substance abuse and criminal involvement
  • improve their learning and educational skills, especially in areas of literacy and numberacy
  • widen their horizons
  • set positive goals for their future
  • experience the taste of success and
  • break the cycle of failure and hopelessness

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