Billie

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Billie
negative sexual experience
drinking
worthless
who do I live with?
angry
separation
suicide
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Chris
home keeps changing
no boundaries
changing relationships
aggressive and angry
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Issues facing our young people

• Peer pressure
• Drug and alcohol abuse
• Dysfunctional families Absent fathers
• Abuse sexual, verbal and physical
• Sexual promiscuity, STDs, abortions
• Suicide
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Why do we need DARE?

• Life is all about making choices
• Young people need support to make good decisions
• Knowledge and skills support sound and informed
  choices

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Our Vision

• That every young New Zealander is able to reach
  their full potential

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How do we do this?

• We provide quality skills for life education
• For young people, caregivers and families
• We do this in partnership with
• Police
• Communities
• Schools

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DARE Facts

• In 2004 we helped over 54,000 young people and
  their families
• 658,000 hours of life-skills education was
  delivered
• 40,000 volunteer hours supported this delivery
• There are 22 Incorporated DARE Societies
  throughout NZ
• NZ-developed programmes for New Zealanders
• Regular and meaningful evaluation
• Widely recognised and respected

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Why DARE ?

• Prevention is better than cure
• Unique partnership with NZ Police
• Indigenous programmes
• A 15 year history of success in NZ

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Our Programmes

• DARE to Make A Choice 
• Tena Kowhiria
• DARE to Support Your Kids
• DARE to Drive to Survive
• DARE to Be You

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Under Development

• Reducing the Harm
• Te Wero The Challenge
• Interactive Website

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Issues faced by DARE

• Securing ongoing funding
• Dependence on volunteers
• Board workload
• Promotion of services

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We need your support

• You can become a major sponsor of DARE
• You can sponsor one of our programmes that you
  feel passionate about
• You can support us by offering us services in
  kind or at cost

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How much does it all cost?

• 250,000 per annum (National Office)
• Additional substantial funding for programme
  support implementation and resources is raised at
  local level by Incorporated Societies

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We DARE You

• To become involved
• To make a difference
• To join us on this adventure

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We DARE you

• To invest in our nations future by
• Supporting life skills training for young New
  Zealanders
• Providing young New Zealanders direction in life
• Creating a generation of New Zealanders able to
  make good decisions for themselves and their
  country

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What happened to..

• Billie
• Chris
• Wouldnt it be a great start for you to
  decide you want to help a young person just like
  Billie or Chris, to become the person they should
  be?