Congratulations Shaelyn!

 Ganbina Education Excellence Award recipient

Ganbina participant, Shaelyn Crowhurst has been recognised for her academic achievement and presented the 2020 Ganbina Education Excellence Award as sponsored by La Trobe University. Congratulations on your accomplishment Shaelyn!

 

BACKGROUND

Ganbina is an Aboriginal organisation  based in Shepparton that supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth to actively engage in education, training and employment. They offer a number of programs and provide case management and mentoring that build capacity and confidence in our young people so they can aspire to become leaders and agents of change within community.

 

La Trobe Univeristy’s Ngarrapna Indigenous Education Unit is a dedicated centre for Indigenous people of the Goulburn Valley with a purpose to continue growing the learning opportunities for Indigenous people.

 

“Ganbina” means rise up

“Ngarrapna” means place of knowledge

 

Ganbina and La Trobe have an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) in place with one element being the award. La Trobe in effect sponsor the award and provide a financial contribution to the award winner.

 

Photo supplied by Ganbina