Mentors

Howard Young

My name is Howard Young and I have been working as a primary teacher for 10 years. During that time I have taught at all levels from Year 2 to Year 6.

I have been heavily involved in P.E. and the performing arts, working with student performers at the Artsplash festival each year. During my career I have worked in New Zealand, England and Wales. I was also lucky enough to spend three weeks as an exchange teacher in two great schools in the Philippines during 2010. My current project is leading Greenacres School in the implementation of our house system, which is heavily tied to Human Rights.

Emma Stillwell

I’m Emma Stilwell, a second year university student studying at Victoria. I’m passionate about youth involvement in the wider community and have been since high school when I myself first got involved. I started out as organiser of my school’s Race Unity Day celebrations and then went on to be involved in almost every opportunity possible. One of my favourite roles was as the leader of the Social Services Committee, working between my school and numerous charities to make sure that we were making a positive impact in our community. Since moving to Wellington I’ve been involved in the Drucker programme through Save the Children as well as being actively involved in youth politics. Currently I am working on this year’s Student Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and while focusing on my degree in politics and German.

Sonia Sharma

An aspiring lawyer at the University of Auckland, it’s easy to buy an occasional Fair Trade coffee and leave it at that. After a childhood spent in India followed by a move to a privileged country such as New Zealand served to highlight all that is lacking in the lives of so many across the world. Passionate about change, my earliest involvement began with Amnesty International at high school, which later evolved into a leadership role for two years. I was unsatisfied due to the lack of work at the grassroots level but remained in an immobilized state until I read a letter written by my mother’s sponsor child. A year down, I am now juggling being a volunteer with Refugee Service Aotearoa helping a refugee family during their first six months of their resettlement process as well as acting under the capacity of a project lead for the Social Enterprise Competition held by the P3 Foundation. Fortunately, I’ve managed to move beyond just an occasional Fair Trade coffee and joined the movement towards growth and change.

Partners

The Drucker Institute

The Drucker in High Schools part of the Drucker for Future Leaders Programme is an international programme run by the Drucker Society in order to nurture leadership, responsibility and organisation skills in students. It is named after Peter Drucker who was a famous writer and management consultant whose values and famous 5 questions are used by students to develop and manage community projects. The programme is implemented through a partnership between the Drucker Institute in the USA and Save the Children New Zealand.

P3 Foundation

The P3 Foundation works to provide opportunities for young New Zealanders to be active participants in eradicating extreme poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. Inspired by the ethos that young people can do great things, inaugural Young New Zealander of the Year Divya Dhar founded the P3 Foundation with a mission of mobilising young adults across New Zealand to join in the effort of eradicating extreme poverty within this generation. Joined by several like-minded young professionals, the P3 team quickly grew into 2010, rolling out grass root initiatives and driving the voice of New Zealand’s youth internationally.