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The most recent available data for the 2019/2020 financial year shows 1616 calls to Youthline Southland from young people in Invercargill, 337 from Gore and 819 from youth in the Southland District. While the $1 million goal may seem lofty, Youthline Southland has broken it down and created the campaign name #975ForLife and will take donations on GiveaLittle. If everyone in Southland donated $9.75 each – or the price of two cups of coffee – they would hit the target with $300 or so to spare, Cochrane said. “We could instantly resource ourselves,” she said. Her focus has been on raising awareness about the fact that it exists and growing its volunteer base, which has gone from five to 24 volunteers.
Bibhas Biswas checks out the plants in his urban farm as part of his business called Crunchy. The Southern Institute of Technology - and in particular a scholarship named after former New Zealand cricketer and former Indian coach John Wright - provided the lure for Biswas to move from Kolkata, a city of about 14 million, to Invercargill, which boosts about 55,000 people. The Government has moved this week to allow 1000 international tertiary students into New Zealand who were caught offshore when border restrictions began because of Covid-19. As part of the 1000, 11 international SIT students will be able to return. Biswas himself provides an example of the positive impact international students can have on communities, both in the short and long-term.