b'Photo: Meredith OSheaJaycee Sellings completed her Newsboys-supported Yalari scholarship in 2021. Jaycee is pictured with Newsboys CEO Sandy Shaw at the Yalari Year 7 Orientation Camp in 2015 (top left) and with Sandy in 2019 (above) and (above right) in 2018need to be given the tools to lift themselves towards theCritical mass is here and its happening, Llew said. future they dream of.People say helping Indigenous issues will take generational change, but Im seeing change every day.When a Sydney alumnus recently tried to thank Llew for Yalaris support, Llew told her We only opened the door.Thats in no small part due to the work of Yalari, and the You had to do the work to walk through it. long-term support of the Newsboys Foundationone of the original supporters of the idea and still sponsoring You dont get it, the young woman said. Nobody elseindividual Victorian students all these years later.opened the door.I have such unbelievable respect for Newsboys for It was a perfect summation of Yalaris contribution.jumping on board for our ideas in the early years, Llew We always had that very clear vision, to use educationsaid. Newsboys were a big part of our start, and they are to empower Indigenous youth from regional and ruralstill here.Australia, Llew said. We tend to sit at 50 or 60 additionalYalari is building its own corpus, via a foundation, to Year 7 students per year. future-proof the administration, salaries and other costs. There are 251 students on Yalari full-boarding schoolWe already have funds invested, but there will come a scholarships nationally, which covers their entire secondarypoint where we hand over Yalari to the alumni to run and education. All are from regional and remote communities. we want to give them a corpus of funding to assist that, Llew said. Its about leaving a legacy.Part of the Yalari vision is for the alumni to be trained and equipped to live in the challenging real world. While YalariWaverley said he felt reassured, knowing the present has always fostered teaching the students to support oneand the future of Yalari is in the hands of our alumni; another, its equally important that they are real-worldtheir very capable hands led by our Yalari values and ready, hence the commitment to non-Indigenous schools. culture. Everything we do comes from a place of humility, kindness and healing.Only 3 or 4 per cent of the Australian population is Indigenous, and that is often even less, depending whereNick Placeyou live, Llew said. NEWSBOYS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 202511'