The Aboriginal Children’s Advancement Society ensures Kirinari Sylvania students have access to a driving program. The DriveTime program is designed and administered by Gymea Community Aid and Information Service. Founded in 2015, the program aims to make it easier for people with significant barriers to gain a driver’s license. This includes Kirinari residents as well as young people on humanitarian visas and migrant women who have come from a country where female drivers may have been culturally inappropriate or illegal.
The program provides Kirinari residents with professional driving lessons, a practice car and driving mentor to enable the accrual of log book hours, participation in the NRMA Safe Driver’s course and support at the driving test. The Aboriginal Children’s Advancement Society pays for the minimal program fees with the assistance of generous donors.