Feb 12, 2024 | Impact stories, National Scholarship Program
I was going through some family issues while studying for my HSC. My father had received a terminal cancer diagnosis and my mother had to take time off work to be his carer. I had been doing pretty well academically, but as the eldest child I now had to take on more...
Jun 17, 2022 | Impact stories, National Scholarship Program
Steven spent most of his childhood in Liberia – a country in West Africa, ravaged by decades of civil war. He remembers what it was like to fight for survival alongside his family. “My father died during the war,” he explains. “My whole family scattered, and I lost my...
Jan 6, 2022 | Impact stories, National Scholarship Program, Our community, Volunteers
Jennifer Mackenzie and her family migrated to regional NSW from the Philippines in 2012. There was a lot to get used to: the culture, weather, cost of living and education system. “It was hard to adjust to life in a small country town,” Jennifer recalls. “My brother...
