Desert Spring is a Charitable Trust formed in 1991 and is based in the Fairfield neighbourhood to work with individuals, families and groups.

Our Vision
Healthy communities and environments

Our Mission
Families together actively creating a healthy community
and environment.

Currently we are achieving this through being a whanau/family-focused community centre encouraging a sense of belonging
and contribution.

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FAMILIES TOGETHER
Honomai Group
Honomai is a enthusiastic group of families that works together as an advisory and group to Desert Spring Ministries. They plan facilitate and encourage family activities and events. They also do all the fundraising for these events.

Te Kaakano Community Garden
At the garden we have a vision of lives transformed through caring for each other, caring for the land and sharing what we have.

The community garden was established over 10 years ago and Desert Spring has been facilitating the running of the garden since 2007 in response to requests from local whanau who wanted to learn to grow their own vegetables and re-connect with the land.

More recently the community garden has been run in partnership with A Rocha Aotearoa NZ - and is seen as a way to reconnect all people to creation, providing a space for people to work together, while increasing awareness of environmental needs and conservation issues.

We have working bees every Friday and every second Sunday of the month. These times at the gardens are fantastic! – we get stuck in doing basic tasks such as planting and weeding and we always enjoy a great morning tea together. In season - this includes fruit grown on our very own fruit trees. This is an ideal time to bring children or come along for some time out for you. Want to know more? Check out our web site: www.tekaakano.co.nz

We have discovered that sharing our lives with our local neighbours brings all of us into a radically new relationship with God and with each other. It is a place to learn, be challenged, develop your faith and see it in action. You are forced to look deep inside yourself to discover where Jesus stands strong, amongst the tangle of your culture, perceptions and personality.

Chums
Chums is a preschool playgroup where families come together and have some child-centered fun. This is a great environment for the preschooler and their parents to learn together support each other and develop friendships. Chums is a registered playgroup through the Ministry of Education.
Chums Playgroup click for further information.

Desert Spring Ministries Services
∗ One-on-one support and future planning
∗ Employment, employment education and job coaching
∗ Advocacy and referrals
∗ Community Education
∗ Budgeting Advice

Other Associated Services
LIDS Employment
∗ Provide part time employment
∗ Develop employment history and work ethic