OLOA takes a “Youth Focus – Village Centred” holistic approach to the delivery of their services and provide for youth and families:
• Improved health and wellbeing
• Learning and educational development pathways
• Employment / vocational opportunities
• Youth and community development
OLOA is an approved transitional housing provider with Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
OLOA provide warm, safe and sustainable housing where tenants can live and thrive independently within a shared and supportive community.
A programme that houses Pasefika young people aged between 17 and 24 years old who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness for up to 12 months.
Our programme is based on the Foyer Youth Housing model. A Youth Foyer is much more than a supported accommodation facility. It is an ‘Advantaged Thinking’ approach. Foyers seek to tap into the goals and ambitions of young people and nurture their talents while building skills for life. At heart, the Foyer model is based on the life-changing proposition that the most constructive thing we can do for young people is to ensure they become educated, employable and empowered so they can build better lives for themselves and achieve genuine independence.
OLOA is in the process of becoming a Community Housing Provider. As a CHP we can provide long term social housing for Pasefika youth and families. The ultimate goal is to forge a pathway to home ownership.
OLOA youth navigators engage with young people and families to deliver activities or connect them to services to enhance their educational, health & wellbeing and to promote social connectedness, positivity, physical and mental wellbeing. The range of short activities will enhance messages of resilience, self-worth, respect, build coping strategies, confidence and foster a sense of belonging for children and families.
The network is the brainchild of Taitosaua William Peace and started in 2007 with the Mangere Youth Network. There are now six regional youth networks throughout South Auckland.
These networks play an important part in empowering youth workers within our communities. They provide for the support and professional development of individual youth workers, as well as enabling collaboration and advocacy at a collective level within our South Auckland communities. Youth networks are particularly important in South Auckland communities where there are higher proportions of young people, diverse communities, and vulnerable communities.
The SAYN network has a current membership of 600+ youth workers and 120 youth providers.
