The University of Queensland’s School of Psychology is supporting foster children by donating 10 computers to The Pyjama Foundation, a charity that assists some of Brisbane’s most vulnerable youth.
The Pyjama Foundation’s Love of Learning Program recruits, screens and trains volunteers, known as Pyjama Angels, who visit children in care every week to read books aloud, play educational games and help them with their homework.
Dr Emma Collier-Baker, from the UQ Psychology School’s Early Cognitive Development Centre, is one of the foundation’s Pyjama Angels and said the donation will help the children who need it most.
“Providing opportunities for children in foster care to enjoy learning and improve their literacy has far reaching benefits and several foster families will receive a computer as a result of the school’s donation,” she said.
Executive Director and Founder of The Pyjama Foundation, Bronwyn Sheehan, said this literacy-based mentoring program created positive, life-long change for children in care and that donations would be vital to keep the program running.
“The foundation relies on the generous support of the community and the computers donated by UQ’s School of Psychology will help us to run our Love of Learning Program,” she said.
“These computers will assist in breaking the cycle of disadvantage, often experienced by children in care.”
Media: Emma Collier-Baker (e.collier-baker@uq.edu.au) or Kristen Bastian (3346 9279 or k.bastian@uq.edu.au).
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