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Help an ex-foster kid start uni

Help an ex-foster child fufill her dreams of attending university and starting a career in social work so she can give back to a society that helped her.


Hi my name is Jasmine and from the age of 11 I was a ward of the state. This means that I had no legal parents and to this day it is still true. While I lived with various family members for a few years, from the age of 16 I bounced around foster homes before moving in with friends. Knowing the importance of education and that if I wanted to make a life for myself I made it a priority I supported myself through years 11 and 12.

Shortly before my 19th Birthday I moved to Sydney from a country town in Victoria. I had no real plans for my future - but knew that my career must consider my creativity

I held down a number of jobs in retail, even becoming a store manager of a craft store. However I never felt fulfilled and wanted instead to do something to help people, rather than something to take their money. 

I eventually realised what I needed for that elusive sense of fulfillment was become a youth worker and give back to the field that helped shape me.

After this epiphany I enrolled in TAFE and have spent the last two years obtaining my Diploma in Comunity Services. Most of my teachers suggested that I should continue my studies at University and complete a Bachelor of Social Work.

University had always seemed like an unatainable goal to me. I never really believed I would be accepted but after recieving my TAFE marks I applied and was accepted!  

University, however comes with both course fees and reading lists. The government has (kindly?) agreed to drown me in debt for the course fees, but the reading list (with some texts well over $100) is my biggest opponent and the reason I have started this Gofundme account.

Please help me purchase my text boooks, stationary and the other necessities of student life.

Organizer

Jazzie Lee
Organizer
Ashfield NSW

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