Smith Family Stories
The Problem
Today, there are more than 1.2m Australian children and young people living in poverty.
Disadvantaged students have significantly lower Year 12 completion rates.
Disadvantaged students are on average 2-3 years behind in reading and maths by the time they are 15 years old.
Making a difference
Last year, 159,753 disadvantaged children and young people received support through Smith Family programs.
Last year, we supported 59,845 Australian students through our Learning for Life sponsorships.
Last year, 95% of children in our student2student reading program improved their reading age.
Sponsoring a child delivers the best educational outcomes
90.5% school attendance rate for primary school age Learning for Life students.
69.2% of Learning for Life students advance from year 10 to completing year 12.
79% of Learning for Life students engaged in employment, education or training, a year after leaving the program.
