Tommy Nyawir has a story to tell. The boy who grew up in Kibera, one one Nairobi Kenya’s most challenging addresses, went on to found the dynamic Mirror of Hope organisation to serve the needs of Kibera.

Over the past 7 weeks, Tommy Nyawir from ERFA partner program Mirror of Hope, has been travelling to EREA schools across Australia with Jason Bongers from ERFA.

Thank you to all the schools involved and allowing Tommy’s story to be shared with the students. Many warm welcomes were had.

A big thank you to Tommy for the valuable time you have spent visiting schools and sharing your remarkable story of the power of education.

Thank you to the following schools for allowing us to visit and share Tommy’s story.

Qld:
St Joseph’s Nudgee College
St James College, Brisbane
St Patrick’s College Shorncliffe
Ignatius Park College
Townsville Flexible Learning Centre
St Leo’s Residential College, University of Queensland
St Laurence’s College, South Brisbane

SA:
Christian Brothers’ College, Adelaide
Rostrevor College, Adelaide
St Paul’s College, Gillies Plains

NSW
Waverley College, Sydney
St Pius X College Chatswood

TAS
St Patrick’s College Launceston
St Virgil’s College Hobart

WA:
CBC Freemantle
Aquinas College, Perth
Trinity College, Perth
Edmund Rice Centre, Western Australia

VIC:
St Joseph’s College, Geelong

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