Pathways Foundation
The Pathways Foundation is an Australian non-profit organisation aiming to provide boys and girls with a contemporary rite of passage to manhood or womanhood. Their most popular program is the Pathways to Manhood camp at which over two thousand boys aged 12–16 have so far completed. About The Pathways Foundation provides a transition for boys to become young men. They also aim to inspire boys to have a vision and reach their potential. There are approximately 20 camps held each year with around 15 boys attending each. This process is run over a four- to six-day period in the bush. All boys have a male adult guardian to accompany them. The camps are run in eight locations around Australia. History The Pathways to Manhood programme was developed by a group of men passionate about the health and well-being of boys and young men in Australia. The foundation was officially created in 1995, with the first camp being run that year. The creators of the programme believed that boys need a large range of adult men to act as role models, confidants, mentors and friends to enable them do develop and discover their male identity and grow into helpful and respected