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- 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
  Learning for Life is an innovative, evidence-based program that supports students throughout their education to achieve positive long-term outcomes for young people experiencing disadvantage.
- 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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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.
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  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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Bradley finds learning is more fun with a friend

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/bradleys-story

After taking part in our student2student program, Bradley’s confidence has grown and he can’t get enough of books!

Kidpreneurs lift the lid on the future

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/kidpreneur

Talon learnt about careers he didn't even know existed

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/talon-growing-careers-project

Talon has been sponsored by The Smith Family since primary school and is now benefitting from the programs offered in the Growing Careers Project.

Mary’s 3 children face unique challenges – but your support helps each one flourish in their own way!

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/abbeys-story

student2student: why it works

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/student2student-why-it-works

Our student2student program matches students who need to improve their reading with peer buddies who help and encourage them with their reading. Peer support is central to the program’s success.

Research: Attendance Lifts Achievement

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/attendance-lifts-achievement

New research draws on data collected over seven years from 30,000 disadvantaged Australian school students on The Smith Family’s Learning for Life educational scholarship program. The research contributes to ongoing national efforts to improve the educational outcomes of young Australians, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

How supporters like you are helping students discover brilliant careers they never knew existed

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/wiro-park

Thanks to supporters like you, gymnast Emmanouela has broken through the digital divide

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/emmanouelas-story-digital

Sedef sets big challenges for herself and rises to them

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/sedefs-story

Sedef’s long-term plans are well and truly in action

Support means Shakira’s dreams are now within reach

https://www.thesmithfamily.com.au/media/stories/children-on-programs/shakiras-story

Shakira's dreams felt out of reach. Now, she has the confidence to catch up and keep up at school.

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