We Have Been on Our Journey Since 2021
It all started with LOVE...
Little Heroes Project was created as a response to a need in the community. Whilst working with Teen Parent Units across Aotearoa, our founder Lori Gelder, noticed that a lot of young parents were struggling to meet the rising cost of essential items and basic necessities, so she decided to do something about it.
Through connections with community organisations, generous businesses and a lot of community love, Lori started to gather donations of essential items for whanāu facing financial and material hardship. With the help of a small team of volunteers, she sent out zero-cost care packages to whanāu in need and quickly realised the demand was greater than first anticipated, and Little Heroes Project was born.
Little Heroes Project began operating in September 2021 and became a Registered Charitable Trust in February 2022.
Zero-cost care packages for whanāu was orginally our core service, which later developed into providing innovative education solutions and NZQA training for young parents across Aotearoa.
We are currently in the process of setting up a collaboration network with other organisations across Aotearoa with the mission to create a platform that provides essential care for families in need.
Our Mission
We aim to provide free and accessible NZQA training and support for young parents, with a mission to support pathways into further education and employment.
We aim to relieve poverty in the community by providing access to a collaborative network of organisations armed with the resources to help families in need.
All of our ZERO Cost Care Packages were filled with generous donations from the community!
Our Values
We demonstrate kindness
We create a sense of community
We work in partnership
We provide a “hand up, not a handout”
Since 2021...
In partnership with The GET Group we have provided FREE training and transition to work support for 300+ young parents across Aotearoa.
Thanks to donations from the community, we have provided 500+ ZERO Cost Care Packages to whanāu in need across Aotearoa.
Thank You....
A big THANK YOU to the generous support of so many businesses, individuals and other organisations, who have supported our work over the years.