Accelerating Aotearoa in the Manukau Courier
Date: October 18, 2016
Accelerating Aotearoa Chief Executive Judy Speight speaks to the Manukau Courer.
THRIVING OTARA has been established to ensure a community wide approach to enable Otara to thrive.
Under the umbrella of ONAC (Otara Network Action Committee Charitable Trust) and with Accelerating Aotearoa, Otara Health, Roots Collective and Crosspower Ministries, the THRIVING OTARA COLLECTIVE is supporting a COMMUNITY LED, OWNED AND DRIVEN approach to community engagement and participation.
The Otara Community's process to date has been a series of Hui to identify and agree a set of indicators for a Thriving Otara which include
- the development of A LOCAL ENTREPRENEURIAL culture
- IMPROVED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS and tertiary pathways
- INCREASES IN LOCAL EMPLOYMENT, and
- Increased ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD
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