December 27, 2009 – Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand
New Zealand’s Big Buddy mentoring service has matched more than 60 boys with big buddies in 2009.
At least 60 fatherless boys celebrated Christmas this year knowing there is a man in their life who cares about them.
New Zealand’s Big Buddy mentoring service has matched more than 60 boys with big buddies in 2009 and has helped start more than 300 relationships throughout New Zealand since the service began 12 years ago.
One of those big buddies is Chris Prime, a 42-year-old life coach matched with 10-year-old Luke Huthnance since the boy was seven.
He visits him weekly for two hour-long play sessions.
Huthnance, who had no contact with his father, was having trouble with school work and withdrawing socially when his mother contacted Big Buddy.
The effect Prime had on the Beach Haven seven-year-old’s life was huge. After two months with a big buddy, Huthnance’s teacher contacted his mother, asking what had happened at home because he’d changed remarkably. Read story.
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