The Tjindu Aboriginal AFL Academy is a program that blends football and school for students Year 10 and up.The organiser says they hope the program inspires young people with their future careers.
It involves weekly classes that blend football and school and contribute to their South Australian Certificate of Education. He said they all know they need to live up to the standards they have agreed to when they apply to be part of the program."We use sport as the carrot, so to speak, but it's teaching them life skills away from the footy field," Thomas said.
Tjindu Foundation general manager Kellie Graves said around 200 students applied to be part of the program this year. "It's really lovely to see the success of our young people as they go on with their career post Tjindu," Ms Graves said."It's a really heart-warming, cup-filling experience.""That's probably actually one of the best parts, seeing all my brothers and sisters here each week, that's really good for me," Jackson said.
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