Jobless youths determined to win uphill battle in Nowra

Rebecca Fist
Updated July 29 2017 - 1:22pm, first published 1:00pm
Jai Dixon, Jamie Sider, Nathan Roulston, Kieran Berkovic, Cameron Har, Brooke Robinson and Ky-Ree Griffen near the Wesley community garden in Nowra this week, where they planted herbs and pruned back trees as part of their training to enter the workforce. Picture: Rebecca Fist
Jai Dixon, Jamie Sider, Nathan Roulston, Kieran Berkovic, Cameron Har, Brooke Robinson and Ky-Ree Griffen near the Wesley community garden in Nowra this week, where they planted herbs and pruned back trees as part of their training to enter the workforce. Picture: Rebecca Fist

A quarter of young people in the Shoalhaven are unemployed, and despite the barriers they face, many have taken it upon themselves to turn the tide, and write their own story; one with a successful conclusion.

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Rebecca Fist

Rebecca Fist

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