On Tuesday 16^th January 2024, Corey Tutt, CEO and Vince Scott, Programs Officers from Deadly Science visited the Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation office (KBHAC) in Kempsey, donating 100 calculators which will benefit local students preparing for high school later this month.

For the past few years KBHAC has run the Kempsey Transition Program, a program which prepares local Aboriginal students for the challenges that they will face when entering high school for the first time.  While some of these challenges will be related to the young people’s confidence, for many the financial pressures of obtaining the resources that they need will also be an added strain on them and their families.

Jo Kelly, Partnership Lead for Learning the Macleay, was aware of this and reached out to Corey asking what support his organisation could provide. Within days Corey had reached out to some of his contacts and was able to secure 100 scientific calculators, worth over $4000, and delivered in person to KBHAC.

“So many people in our community are struggling financially in the current economic climate, even more so at this time of year after the Christmas break,” said Jo Kelly. “The generous support that Deady Science has provided our community will take some pressure off our students and their families and let them enter high school with the resources that they need to succeed”. 

Deadly Science is a national organisation that supports Aboriginal young people and their schools with resources and programs in Science, Technology, Education and Mathematics (STEM). Since 2018 Deadly Science has supported over 800 schools across the country.

"Deadly Science prides itself on being community first. To assist our children in this way means everything to us. We hope to see the next generation of STEM professionals come out of the region,” outlined Corey. “You can't be what you can't see and it's important for everyone to support each other in communities so that we can all do the best we can. We are grateful to the Learning the Maclay team and all the amazing work they do for our young change makers in the Macleay”.