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Cardiff RSL Club & Cardiff RSL Sub Branch sponsor local students to Trek Kokoda!

The fifth Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge will leave Sydney in August with 26 young men and women aged 16 to 23 tackling one of the world’s toughest treks.

The RSL & Services Clubs Association launched the Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge in 2005 as a major community project designed to develop disadvantaged or wayward youth into the leaders of tomorrow.  It is also aimed at fostering young people with leadership ability and more than 45 young men and women have already made the trek.

The Kokoda youth Leadership Challenge is unique in that it combines realistic physical and mental challenges with a blend of historical, cultural and environmental learning experiences.

The program is designed for young Australians who have leadership potential and to influence them to become leaders as a result. This experience will bring a deeper understanding of the achievements and sacrifices our diggers made during the Kokoda campaign.

Cardiff RSL Secretary Manager, Benjamin Hamilton said “This is a fantastic opportunity for the younger generations to develop an understanding of our national history. This initiative goes a long way towards the Club’s community service goal of strengthening links with local schools and the community in general.”

Cardiff Sub Branch President, Sid Lynch added “It is great to see the students showing interest and enthusiasm towards the heritage left by Australian Defence Force personnel. The RSL is now facing decline in membership numbers and programs like this are excellent in preserving the appreciation of what diggers from past generations have achieved.”