DAY 1 Day one of our journey through a Yolngu funeral through my Balanda eyes… So the body arrived yesterday. A special shelter is built to house the body for the duration of the funeral, which often goes for about a week. The shelter is large enough
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Since the commitment to Closing the Gap in 2008 Indigenous death rates have actually increased. This is a graph taken straight out of the Prime Minister’s 2017 Closing the Gap Report (pg 82 or here), I added the horizontal grey line to show mortality rate in
Read more →One of our participants summed up what it is all about: “This is the first time that i have felt my body rejoicing.” Yiraŋdjil To me that completely captures the purpose of Hope for Health. We have a birthright of vitality that was intended to underpin a
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Hope For Health at the National Rural Health Conference 2017 in Cairns Written by Hope For Health’s naturopath and case manager Kate Jenkins BHSc (NAT) Thanks to a number of Hope For Health sponsors (private, Nourishing Australia & MAF Airline), in April this year Guyupul, Bede (Program Communications)
Read more →I never set out to start a program. I just wanted to help some people that i cared about experience better health. Although lots has had to change from me just cooking and sharing food with a few people, to enable upscaling and governance and financial management
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Let’s find 1000 monthly sponsors in 60 days! The East Arnhem Land Aboriginal people are facing a devastating epidemic of chronic diseases but with Hope For Health there is hope! We’re an indigenous-led nutrition program getting great results. If we are to continue we need you and
Read more →One of our participants summed up what it is all about: “This is the first time that i have felt my body rejoicing.” Yiraŋdjil To me that completely captures the purpose of Hope for Health. We have a birthright of vitality that was intended to underpin a
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