AFLW star Moana Hope in fight to stop her disabled sister's care program from shutting

High-profile AFLW player Moana Hope was dreading breaking the news that she knew would devastate her sister Lavinia. Key points: The Bridges program has been teaching basic life skills to adults with mild-to-severe intellectual disabilities since 1992 Hope's sister has been attending the program for eight years and the AFLW star is vowing to fight the closure Melbourne City Mission says the program is not financially viable under the NDIS Lavinia, 26, has a rare neurological syndrome and has attended a special day program for people with intellectual disabilities in Melbourne's north for the past eight years. Loading Instagram content The Bridges program in Pascoe Vale has taught adults with mild-to-severe intellectual disabilities basic life skills since 1992. 'Enormous joy, will be sorely missed' The charity Melbourne City Mission, which runs the Bridges program, has this week been telling the program's 80 students and 26 staff that it will shut in September. A spokesperson for the National Disability Insurance Agency which runs the NDIS, said the decision to close the Bridges program had been made by Melbourne City Mission, not the NDIA.