Sir John Kirwan Foundation

New Zealand's mental health statistics are amongst the worst in the OECD. The Sir John Kirwan Foundation has adopted an early intervention approach, developing an evidence-based mental health education programme with the University of Auckland's Education Faculty.

Its Mitey programme now teaches Years 1 - 8 students about their own mental health, and that of others, in 190 New Zealand schools, at no cost to the schools.

An Impact100 grant would help the Foundation:
a. introduce Mitey to ten Whakatipu Basin schools, over the next two years;
b. reach over 2000 tamariki; and
c. transform school and home lives, improving academic achievement outcomes along the way.

An analysis completed by Impact Lab showed every dollar invested in Mitey returns $5.80 in social value.