Mentor Resilience Program

Our Mentor Resilience Program exists with the help of Power Missionaries The program takes form of a combination of 1-on-1 mentoring sessions and group boxing classes. With the aim of supporting children and teenagers from a variety of different backgrounds (e.g. Indigenous background, financial hardship, addiction, trauma etc) who do not have access to these services.

The program has two different components…

Non-Physical Component – Mentorship

• Building mental strength
• Personal growth, independence, taking responsibility / accountability for choices and actions
• Teaching children how to look after themselves by becoming aware of their powerful thoughts and language choices
• Structure
• Consequences
• Strong relationship building
• A powerful identity
• A sense of belonging/Spirituality and life purpose
• Rights and responsibilities
• Safety and support

Physical Component – Boxing

• Elevating mood
  • the intensity of Boxing helps endorphins flow consequently serving as a form of natural anti-anxiety
• Building greater levels of confidence, patience, discipline
• Increasing self-esteem
• Improve their ability to focus
• Developing greater levels of ability to learn
• Increasing ability to concentrate for longer periods of time
• Becoming fitter, stronger and healthier
• Building leadership skills
• Encouraging children to not bend to peer pressure
  • having the strength to say ‘NO’ when appropriate and have the courage to say ‘YES’ when appropriate
• Building skills to protect him/herself in real life scenarios