November 28, 2023
Mental health charity ready to step up
Gumboot Friday founder Mike King says the $6 million a year secured for his I Am Hope Foundation in the NZ First and National Party coalition agreement will allow it to offer 40,000 sessions for kids in mental distress.
He says the foundation’s transparency and accountability in its use of donated funds got them the chance to use taxpayers money to expand services.
“And we are going to put their hard earned taxpayer dollar to work for the people who are supposed to work for. Not Mike King, not my organization, but the kids who receive the care that are able to provide,” Mr King says