The Kokoda Youth Foundation is looking for applicants aged 12 to 14 for its next Digital Detox Program.
The program is an eight-day camp which combines outdoor adventure activities with wellbeing and device-management workshops, to assist participants in building a healthy, balanced approach towards their use of technology.
With gaming addiction now recognised as a disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, society is now becoming increasingly aware of the negative impacts of device usage on young people.
First established in 2004, the foundation is a registered charity which offers youth programs to Aussie kids.
Inspired by the Kokoda Spirit, the foundation runs yearly Kokoda Challenge team endurance events in Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Lake Macquarie (NSW) and the Sunshine Coast.
The Kokoda Challenge events raise funds to allow the foundation to offer the youth programs free of charge to participants.
The Digital Detox Program camp will take place from 23 to 30 June. Applications can be made through the foundation’s website at www.kokodayouthfoundation.com/youth-programs/digital-detox/.
