Help provide vital educational support to 11,705 Australian children this Christmas.

Our Programs
- Literacy programs
  Providing resources and support to help children living with disadvantage achieve the required reading standard.
- Technology programs
  Providing children and young people living with disadvantage with the critical skills, access, and equipment they need.
- Numeracy programs
  We support early years educators and community professionals in building foundational math skills in children under their care.
- Learning for Life
  Providing holistic, long-term support for disadvantaged young Australians throughout their education.
- Mentoring programs
  Mentoring programs for students living with disadvantage that provide the encouragement they need to build aspirations for their future.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programs
  Our work engages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in learning through education, life skills and role models, promoting culturally responsive practice.
Our learning support and mentoring programs in 90 Australian communities directly help children in need achieve their goals through education.
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Get Involved
- Ways to fundraise
  Learn about fundraising and give back to the community with The Smith Family.
- Volunteer with us
  Share your skills to help Australian children in need transform their lives through education.
- Partnerships
  Learn how your organisation can partner with The Smith Family and help build a better future for Australian children in need.
- Careers
  We aim to provide a working environment where staff and volunteers have the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally.
- Events
  Participate in events and activities that support young Australians experiencing disadvantage.
- VIEW clubs of Australia
  Learn about VIEW, a leading women’s volunteer organisation and support network with over 16,000 members, across Australia.
Ways to Give
- Sponsor a child
  Through child sponsorship, you will be matched to an Australian child in need, helping to support the cost of their school essentials.
- A gift in your will
  Ensure that future generations of Australian children have the support they need to make the most of their education.
- Monthly donation
  Become a monthly donor and provide continual support throughout all stages of a child’s education.
- Philanthropic giving
  Through your philanthropy, you can ensure that young Australians impacted by poverty get the education that all children deserve.
- Single donation
  Your donation will help young Australians in need by providing access to our Learning for Life education support programs.
- Workplace giving
  Making small, regular donations to The Smith Family through Workplace Giving is an easy way to help change the lives of young Australians living in poverty.
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Meet Seynab

Sponsored students

17 June 2022

Seynab came to Australia from Somalia when she was just nine years old. Her mother passed away, so she and her seven siblings came to live with their grandmother in Brisbane. Coming to a new country with a new language was daunting enough, let alone fitting into a whole new schooling system. While Seynab’s grandmother gave her so much support, she didn’t speak English either, and had never had a formal education, so it was hard to know what to expect. But Seynab learned quickly, she picked up the language and was – in her own words – a ‘very studious’ pupil.

The Smith Family came into Seynab’s life when she was in high school. This support helped her grandmother buy uniforms, books, and stationery, but for Seynab the biggest impact on her life was the charity’s Learning Clubs. Seynab looked forward to these weekly after-school homework clubs. She would do her assignments with the help of a tutor and enjoyed getting to meet up with other students from the area.

Seynab was always good at science and loved to help people, so she decided nursing was the perfect career for her. She got into QUT and was supported for the duration of her studies through The Smith Family’s Tertiary Scholarship, which helped her buy things like textbooks and a laptop. In the final years of her degree, she was paired with a mentor who was also a nurse. This gave her real insights into the profession and allowed her to grow in her career.

Seynab is now a registered nurse at the Mater hospital in Brisbane, a job that gives her purpose, and one that she loves.