Yalari’s vision is to be one of Australia’s great enduring educational and leadership foundations, empowering Indigenous people from regional and remote Australia.
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Founded 19 years ago by Waverley Stanley AM and his wife Llew Mullins.
2005
Yalari is specifically for Indigenous children from regional and remote communities, providing them access to the highest quality education, life-changing opportunities and networks, for a future of their choice.
Yalari partners with 19 of Australia’s leading boarding schools and since 2005 has offered scholarship opportunities to 784 Indigenous children hailing from 187 remote and regional communities.
Partner Schools
93%
Retention Rate
784
Scholarships Awarded
What makes Yalari unique is that our boarding school scholarships are complemented by educational, pastoral, personal and cultural support. As a result, Yalari students have an average retention rate of 93%.
248 Current Students
536 Connected Alumni
187
Remote & Regional Communities
Our 536 alumni are powerfully connected and have access to programs to support leadership, professional and personal growth. These empowered group of leaders are change makers in their own communities and wider Australia.
In 10 years, we will have over 1000 educated, confident and contributing Indigenous young people, each with their own spheres of influence and impact. This is how generational change works, and this is what reconciliation looks like.
Artwork by Noami Buchanan & Summer Lowe
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