What is Whakapapa?
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Whakapapa is The True Athlete Project's summer fundraising campaign. When we designed this fundraising challenge, we knew that it needed to be about more than just raising money; it should also bring the TAP community together and build on our shared mission to create a better world through sport.
To this end, we have been inspired by a Māori concept, Whakapapa. This is at the heart of the New Zealand All Blacks culture, and was first introduced to us by Owen Eastwood. Whakapapa says that each of us are part of an unbreakable chain of people, stretching back in time to our first ancestors and forward in time to the end of time. This chain represents our tribe. We share a purpose with these people. We belong. It is a powerful idea that suggests that we will be judged not on our material successes in life, but on what we did for our tribe. With this fundraising campaign we aim to connect the current cohort of mentors and mentees on our Global Mentoring Programme with next years generation of mentoring pairings. This is about both giving back and paying it forward, and we envisage it becoming a wave that passes through each cohort, connecting them in an unbreakable chain. #CommunityResponsibility |
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Our Target
Knowing the incredible impact our Global Mentoring Programme has, we want to ensure that it is accessible to everyone, regardless of their financial situation. With this in mind, our target is to raise the full amount of the cost of one cohort, £28,500.
Our mentoring pairings are currently undertaking some incredible fundraising campaigns to assist us in reaching this target. If you would like to donate, please check-out their individual fundraisers below where you can follow their progress. Alternatively use the donate button to contribute to the campaign as a whole.
Our mentoring pairings are currently undertaking some incredible fundraising campaigns to assist us in reaching this target. If you would like to donate, please check-out their individual fundraisers below where you can follow their progress. Alternatively use the donate button to contribute to the campaign as a whole.
