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Homebuilders essential
I write in response to the articles and letters about Oranga Tamariki’s decision to stop funding Homebuilders Family Support Services.
It was a big shock to hear of Oranga Tamariki’s decision to end its contract with Homebuilders.
Homebuilders offers a wide range of services which can “wrap around” a family under stress and work alongside that family and support them to create the future they seek for themselves.
Loaves and Fishes Foodbank Wellsford receive requests from Homebuilders to provide food parcels to those in our community who are struggling to make ends meet. We are also able to refer families to Homebuilders for that wrap-around support that one food parcel cannot provide.
We see the work Homebuilders does every week and cannot understand why Oranga Tamariki would choose to cut this irreplaceable essential service to the community.
The community needs more of this support not less. Oranga Tamariki should be extending its contract with Homebuilders, not ending it.
Karen Lennon, Chairperson, Loaves and Fishes Foodbank Wellsford
