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Ohana is an organisation focussed on co-parenting solutions for Australia and the wider world. Ohana was founded by a single parent Ilka Stone, to encourage more positive shared care arrangements for her children.
After exploring many different avenues, it was clear that utilising modern day technology to change the way parents communicated was the most effective way to support as many families as possible.
Ohana app is designing an application to help co-parenting families to connect and stay organised, partnered with education and support.
The application will include features such as:
Ohana hopes to be in the hand of every co-parenting family around the world.
Ohana is seeking opportunities to speak with organisations that support separating families and co-founder(s) that are passionate about effecting positive change to the lives of co-parenting families around the world.
The Ohana app improves communication between co-parenting families.
The regional Innovation & Collaboration Centre at UniSA Whyalla today announced the four local startups and small businesses that have won a place in the Venture Catalyst business support program.
What problem is your startup solving?
Unfortunately, growing up in a separated family is common for children and with busy lives, it is difficult for co-parenting families to remain organised and connected. Not only that, but the lack of knowledge and support around co-parenting means many families are struggling in silence and children are left with lasting negative effects.
What is your ‘why’? / Why are you solving this problem?
I wish my parents were given the resources, knowledge and support I plan on providing when I was 8 years old struggling with the difficulty of living within a separated family.
What’s something we would never guess about you?
I enjoy hunting.
Do you have an unusual talent?
I wouldn’t call it a talent but I can sleep anywhere.
What is your startup dream?
Ultimately my goal is to change the way that society sees separated families, not as broken or damaged but just as ‘families.’
I have many dreams for my startup, the very first is obviously to launch Ohana co-parenting app, that’s first on the list because I feel I can help the maximum amount of people by using technology.
Following that, I want to create a co-parenting hub in all the major cities in Australia. This hub is a place where families can go-to for all things ‘separation.’ Including, counsellors, role models, Life coaches, Centrelink specialists, lawyers, mediators and simply to meet people like me that are successfully co-parenting so they can figure out why and how to co-parent effectively.
Favourite things to do when you’re not working on your startup?
Camping - sitting next to a campfire, surrounded by my family with a Bacardi and coke watching the sunset is my happy place.
Do you have any irrational fears?
Getting eaten by a shark when I never go that deep in the water.
If you could invite three people to a dinner party, who would they be and why?
I believe the only way I am going to succeed is to have confidence, be a great leader and never give up.
Sorry, that’s four…
Ohana is seeking co-founder(s) with technological expertise that are passionate about effecting positive change to the lives of co-parenting families around the world. If that’s you, please feel welcome to get in touch with Ohana via one of the below channels,
CONTACT DETAILS
Facebook Ilka Jane - The Ohana Story
Instagram Theohanastory
LinkedIn Ilka Stone
Founder
(08) 8302 7368
