b"FOUNDERS'MESSAGEIts a special moment when you meet someone who will change your life, and shaking hands with each other for the first time at 17 years old is a moment well never forget. Our friendship might have started withfor GO, its not anywhere near the impact we are football, but our dream to support mob andworking towards. We have a clear focus for the next our vision for using education as a lever tofive years, where we plan to dig deeper into the empower Indigenous kids is what has driventhree markets of ACT, NSW and SA, strengthening us more than anything.our relationships and expanding our reach to support as many Indigenous students in these areas One of our earliest goals was to award 1,000as possible. We will also continue to run our own scholarships to Indigenous students. We wantedresearch and evaluate the research of others to to build armour around these kids, to build theirunderstand where we can have the biggest impact. confidence and their belief that they do belong. This years launch of our Year 5 and 6 Leadership We also wanted to strengthen knowledge and prideDays is an example of how weve been able to use in culture, with programs that immerse kids indata to inform our Programs, and this will continue their Indigenous culture. We feel so proud to haveto be a priority. realised these goals and to see the development of our first GO scholars over the past decade. TheyreGOs impact this year and our vision for the future starting to finish their degrees, pursue furtherreflects our work as an Indigenous organisation, education or career goals, and contribute back towhich is something were really proud of. Being GO through our alumni network. There is a growingIndigenous founded and led, with an Indigenous community of people who are united by GOs missionChair, CEO and a majority Indigenous Board, means of empowering through education, and it is beyondthat weve got Indigenous people at every level what we could have hoped for.making decisions that impact our communities and our students, and the families of the students Of course, when you think about all the Indigenouswe support. Were coming from a place of lived kids at school, 1,000 scholarships are a drop in theexperience and a shared journey, which is really ocean. So, while this is a key milestone for us andunique in this space. 8 GO FOUNDATION"