Friend, Thank you for caring
The fact that you opened this mail shows that you care, and that’s a big step. We took this big step around two years ago and started helping our fellow Kiwis.
Jay Kennerley
Works full time and then dedicate his time to work after hours and going around to these households and talking to them about what their needs are.
I then write a report as to what I find out and then talk about it in the team as to how we can help them.
Dan Walls
Looks after all the accounts for each household and also dose the logistic of new household appliances and builders and plumbers and lawn care services that they can’t afford to get done on their budget.
Aaron Wiltshire
Also works full time and works after hours on setting up accounts and going around talking to households that need car repairs to keep them roadworthy and helping disabled people in getting what they need in regards to having the right equipment and arranging food deliveries.
Coming Face To Face With Reality
New Zealand is not the first country that people think of when they think of poverty. But, here is a startling fact for you: a third of the New Zealand households (yes, over 33% of our fellow Kiwi households) live below the poverty line. That is a total of 650,000 homes!
According To UNICEF
The definition of child poverty in New Zealand is households that earn less than 60% of the median national income – NZ$33,800 a year, or NZ$650 a week. This year alone, 45,000 families have gone below the poverty line.
What We Have Done So far
Bill Payments
Set up a savings account and all their bills are auto-debited to have all there bills paid on time
Food & Fuel
They use $400 of there wages to get through the week
Savings Account for Future
Things started looking up
……And Then, Coronavirus (COVID-19) Hit!:
We shed our blood, sweat, and tears to raise enough money from 37 businesses donating $4,000 which gave us $148,000 a month to support 45 households helping them out with $800 a week which helped each household save an extra $3,200 a month And we would like to increase this number of households this year.
The families whose survival depends on us are left helpless. What’s more, these families now have to bear the increased costs of food. For people earning less than $40,000 a year, this is an existential crisis. we have helped these ones out with $300 food gift cards. They hardly have money to pay their bills, and they are being asked to stock up on food. They just can’t!
Long Term Plan
