 POWERING HOPE IN CHILDREN
Nurture Works is a unique organisation that is passionate about growing confident children in a positive environment.
To power hope in children we offer programs and initiatives via a threefold approach:
1. The child in the community
2. The child in the school
3. The child in the family
All BUZ program areas are founded on a ‘Strengths’ approach rather than a ‘deficit’ approach. In everyday terms this means that we focus on looking for what is ‘right’ or going well in a child or family’s life and building on that.
It makes more sense to build-up children rather than wait to fix up adults.
All initiatives across the three areas aim to focus on the whole child (intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual).
Children are empowered and supported through developing:
→ Protective behaviours
→ Bully-proofing
→ Relationship skills
→ Overcoming fear
→ Handling grief
→ Resolving conflict
→ Developing life skills
These important skills strengthen a child’s resilience and provide a good foundation for life.
The community benefits through an increase in stronger, more resilient and positively moral young people. Thus reducing delinquent behaviour, depression, crime, drug abuse and vandalism.
BUILDING STRONGER COMMUNITIES
If we have made a difference in just one life it makes it all worth it.
A lady was walking along a beach when she saw thousands of starfish washed up on the shore.
As she was picking them up one at a time and throwing them back in the water. Someone came by and asked. “What are you doing?”
“I am saving these starfish.” The lady replied.
“But there are thousands of them, I don’t think you will be making much difference.”
The woman picked up another starfish and threw it back into the ocean.
“It made a difference to that one.”
The 5 BUZ Principles:
Θ Each child is treasured and encouraged to contribute
Θ We build each other up there is no place for putdowns
Θ We look for peaceful ways to resolve conflict
Θ Negatives are changed to positives, we focus on the good
Θ Feelings are acknowledged and allowed to be expressed in healthy ways.
Nurture Works is proactive and preventative.
Nurture Works aims to grow confident children in a positive environment.
Nurture Works - “Powering Hope in Children”
Nurture Works is an initiative of St. Mary’s Community Care (Busselton)
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