
THE LIFE’S WORK OF AUNTY IVY
ONE PERSON MAKING A DIFFERENCE THAT SAVES LIVES
MEET AUNTY IVY
In this vignette, Ivy explains about her background, about the meaning of her face markings, and about what the whole world needs to remember. Her work honors the young, the elders, the elements, and beings who share the Earth with us.
Make it easier for Ivy to walk her walk, spreading healing and hope around the world.
Silent Voices Silent Tears Are Calling For Protection
This documentary highlights Ivy’s urgent call to build safe homes for the world’s most vulnerable children. After a decade of research across 30 countries, Ivy has seen good-hearted people at risk, hiding and feeding these children, often sacrificing their own. With a proven solution model, she needs your support to act now.
We’re calling for support so our children and grandchildren have a future of no more harm.
Greenstone Pictures
The Outsiders
Time to Include, Not Exclude, Our Younger Generation
Ivy, a leading Youth and Family Specialist from New Zealand with over 30 years of experience, successfully rehabilitated 12 Māori boys, as featured in this documentary. Her heart-centered healing program highlights the power of connection, culture, and unwavering dedication to transforming lives against all odds.
We’re calling for support so Ivy can hand down her experience to other frontline workers all over the world.
MORE THAN MEETS THE “I”
Ivy, one of Aotearoa’s leading youth specialists, helps at-risk youth heal and find belonging through a cultural, holistic approach. Her work spans foster care, suicide prevention, gangs, prisons, and schools, where she includes them, not excludes them, proving one person can make a difference.
We’re calling for support so Ivy can direct help toward healing centers around the globe that align with her model.
OUR Media Stories
Dive deeper into Ivy’s vision and initiatives through videos and documentaries that capture her global impact and call for unified support.

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Aunty Ivy Smith, founder of the OUR Foundation, is a globally respected Indigenous leader, speaker, and advocate for healing, unity, and sustainable progress. Her voice bridges ancestral wisdom and contemporary solutions, inspiring audiences across the globe to address pressing social and environmental challenges. Through her work, Ivy emphasizes the importance of restoring balance to humanity and the planet while fostering intergenerational healing and leadership.
Ivy is available to speak on the following topics:
• Human Rights • Climate Justice • Reconciliation • Ancestral Wisdom • Inter Generational Trauma Healing • Culture-Based Healing • Youth and Family Healing
Requests to:
info@ourfoundation.earth