The Smith Family believes that the way to break that cycle is through education. Toward this end, the organization has developed one of the most exciting initiatives of recent years - Learning for Life . This is a new set of student support programs to assist in giving young Australians a decent education through all levels of schooling and university. The Smith Family provides a service for women - VIEW Clubs of Australia. Established in 1960, there are currently over 36,000 members in 400 clubs located from north of Brisbane, west to Broken Hill and south to Melbourne.
VIEW is one of The Smith Family s great success stories.
Each One Teach One is another highly successful service where specially trained Smith Family volunteers teach English to migrants. Now in its 75th year, The Smith Family has much to be proud of. Profits from the Smith Family s commercial textile operation pay for all administration costs. Its activities cover a very wide range, from clothing collection to production of high-tech non woven products. What follows is a brief review.