Mariza Dsouza

Support my challenge to care for young Western Australians

Every school day across Western Australia, 250,000 students walk into a school where someone knows their name. In 2025, YouthCARE chaplains and volunteers showed up in 600 school communities and 38 sporting clubs across the state, from the Kimberley to the Great Southern.

They sat with students navigating hard things, served nearly 700,000 meals through Breakfast Club, delivered 30,760 wellbeing sessions, and supported more than 10,000 athletes and their families on the sidelines.

260,000 people. One consistent presence. Ridiculously good care.

Your support helps provide ridiculously good care to young Western Australians.

Help me support YouthCARE today

This May, I am intentionally walking 10000 steps each day to support this ridiculously good cause.

Mental health is very challenging and when overwhelmed with life, every worry or thought can make it feel even heavier, specially if we choose not to talk about it.

Help is available, talk to a safe and friendly person in your life and know that you are not walking alone. Together, we can pray and hope to lift each other up.