Yellow Ribbon Project Australia (an initiative of Jade Lewis and Friends Inc)

The Yellow Ribbon Project Australia (YRPA) is a WA based, multi award-winning NFP organisation which delivers innovative programs to support youth, families, female offenders, ex-offenders, those at risk of offending and vulnerable females in the wider community. YRPA has a vision to build a drug, crime and violence free Australia for a better tomorrow for the next generation. The organisation has had a 1,000+ female prison program and community based enrolments, has built a large community volunteer base who give over 5000+ hours annually. Independent evaluator, Assoc. Professor Mr. Guy Hall said, “This is one of the best programs I have seen in the past 15-20years”. The YRPA programs change and save lives everyday. Since 2000, the founder Jade Lewis has presented a school drug prevention program and has delivered almost 1,000 presentations and published 2 books, which are in over 850 Australian schools.