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Product Description
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Billy Graham says he would have been born on the wrong side of the
tracks in Naenae "but my mates had already stolen them." Billy's new
book, written with Phil Gifford, will give parents and people organising
youth groups, a practical, detailed blueprint to turn around the lives
of boys struggling with life. Based on lessons learned the hard way it
will reveal the secrets behind one of the most remarkable success
stories in New Zealand youth work, the Naenae Boxing Academy. A national
boxing champion, and then a globally recognised motivational speaker,
winning a standing ovation from an audience of 5000 people at the
Million Dollar Roundtable convention in Atlanta, Billy came home to
Naenae five years ago to set up the academy. Awards have flowed, local
police say youth crime is down 30%, and a detailed Massey University
study confirmed the academy's amazing ability to help troubled boys
become good young men. Minister of Youth Affairs Paula Bennett came for a
brief visit, and left in tears of astonishment three hours later.
Billy's new book will tell, with passion and humour, how to work the
same miracles in your home or community. Billy Graham won the 'Local
Hero' section of the 2011 New Zealander of the Year awards.
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