Cumbo OT Weblog: AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) program

Thursday, March 6, 2008

AIME (Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience) program

This year the AIME program is being run at the faculty through Yooroang Garang at the University of Sydney.

The AIME program aims to develop relationships between University students and Indigenous high school students in our local western Sydney area in an effort to improve school retention rates and increase the number of Indigenous school students progressing to higher education. Importantly, the program also provides valuable opportunities for cultural awareness for the mentors and mentees.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor for the AIME program please contact Mr Clark Webb on 9351 9110 or by email at aimewesternsydney@gmail.com

Thankyou in anticipation for your support for this project.

Sally Farrington MHPEd, Grad Dip Phyty, BSc
Senior Lecturer
Yooroang Garang

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