Sangora Education Foundation

About The Sangora Education Foundation

The Sangora Education Foundation was established in 1990 following receipt of a donation of one million dollars from Shozo Kawasaki, Chief Executive of Sangora Holdings Pty Ltd (subsidary of a Japanese company) with the principal objective of establishing a charitable trust for educational purposes.

The Sangora Education Foundation was established to:

Promote excellence in Education;
Provide opportunities for the study of language and culture; and
Seek co-operation and understanding between students of the world.

Current Awards

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Language & Culture Award

Awarded to year 12 students intending to continue their study of languages.

Innovation in Teaching Award

Awarded to early childhood education, primary, secondary and education support teachers.

Beginning Teachers' Award

Awarded to WA Beginning Teacher of the Year winners.

Post Secondary Education Award

Awarded to year 12 students selected by a panel of principals.

Language Teachers' Award

An award for a language teacher to improve their knowledge of languages and/or language teaching pedagogy.

Special Grants

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Ribbons of Blue Project

Ribbons of Blue is a school program that provides teachers and students with practical, hands-on learning experiences focussing on the sustainability of local waterways, wetlands and their ecosystems.

Ribbons of Blue was part of a joint venture between the Waterways Commission, Armadale Education District schools and the local council to engage students in caring for their local waterways. The Ribbons of Blue project ran for three years. During this period, students were required to monitor t...

ACICIS - Australian Consortium for 'In-Country' Indonesian Studies

The Australian Consortium for ‘In-Country’ Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) was established in 1994 to provide a mechanism through which Australian students can undertake studies in Indonesia. ACICIS is a non-profit consortium of universities that develops and coordinates high quality, in-country study options in Indonesia.

In-Country study provides an opportunity to put academic study of Indonesian into practice by learning Indonesian language in its lived context, through field proje...

Active Foundation - Behaviour Support Staff Training

The Active Foundation was established in 1951. It is a family–based not-for profit organisation which provides a range of support services to people with disabilities enabling them and their families to pursue a better life.

Sangora Education Foundation provided a Grant to assist with funding the cost of Active Foundations Behaviour Management Training Program. The training package developed by Active around the philosophy of positive behavioural support provides staff with strategies t...

Pathways Foundation - Mobile Kitchen

The Pathways Foundation is a National harm prevention charity that assists young people to make the fundamental emotional shift from being a child to becoming a young adult.

The Pathways Foundation run a series of award winning and independent research supported contemporary rites of passage programs designed to motivate the young men and women of Australia to be inspired about their future and help them avoid the dangers of drugs, depression and unnecessary risk taking behaviour, to not only...

Kanya Mulia School for Deaf Children - Surabaya

Patricia O'Sullivan Humanitarian Project was founded in 1990 by early childhood expert and humanitarian Dame Patricia O'Sullivan and has been involved in supporting the Karya Mulia School for Deaf Children in Surabaya for over twenty years, to improve services for children with hearing disabilities in East Java. It is the only school in East Java that caters for the needs of children who are deaf.

Sangora Education Foundation provided a Grant to assist the humanitarian project in WA&r...