- Rural Indigenous women forcibly removed from birth families 3x likely to experience violence than other indigenous http://bit.ly/7XbIFa
- Indigenous youth are almost 30 times more likely to be detained than their non-indigenous peers. http://bit.ly/6z8fdF
- YOUNG indigenous Australians are 16 times more likely to be held under supervision than non-indigenous youth http://bit.ly/7Fmy8T
- More police, less alcohol planned for remote towns, greater co-operation between police and welfare agencies http://bit.ly/6YDg8N
- 91% of young Northern Territory inmates are Indigenous http://bit.ly/7diTxN
- Despite death of Mr Ward prison transport service retained by WA government http://bit.ly/6IK9dK
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Mooditj means “solid” or if you look in the dictionary of Urban Slang it means “the best”. It is also the name of a sexual health and positive lifestyle program for indigenous kids from 11-14 years. FPWA Sexual Health Services in Western Australia run several training sessions on this course each year.
I could not attend the last camp Ngaanyatjarra Health held, but attended and presented at the camp in 2005. A great few days, but the relationships with youth and family I developed then continue on to today. FWPA produce a Mooditj newsletter and there is also a video presentation that explains what it is all about.
we have gone a bit further this year. A while ago I posted a job ad for a male youth health educator. This is to work on a program called officially the “Improving the Sexual health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Youth Demonstration Project”, but we call it the “Kungkaku Yangupalaku Healthy Relationships Project”.
This is one of six prgrams being run across Australia. 
These will be evaluated by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) at the conclusion of the programs. If found to be successful I hope funds continue to be made available, rather than just another piece of research.
The first newsletter from the project is available here (600kb file – I apologise for the white blocks around the text – these appeared while shrinking the file from 2MB).
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I run the risk of turning this blog into a job board. But this is also a one of a kind job doing something new in remote indigenous Australia
YOUTH HEALTH EDUCATOR (MALE)
Kungkaku Yungupalaku healthy relationships project officer.
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service providing primary health care on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands in the Central Desert region of Western Australia. We are seeking to employ a youth Educator to work as part of a team to implement a comprehensive community based young peoples sexual health and healthy relationship education and access project for the 12 remote communities of the Ngaanyatjarra lands.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated person who is experienced in, and enjoys working with youth. The successful applicant will demonstrate the ability to work in a culturally appropriate manner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Experience in the creative delivery of health education to young people, youth worker qualifications and Cert IV in training and assessment are highly desirable.
It is anticipated that the position will be located on the Ngaanyatjarra lands. Extensive travel will be required. Attractive salary including salary packaging and relocation assistance is available.
Telephone enquiries to Peter Duff (08) 8950 1756.
Written applications including CV
and two referees to Peter Duff,
Ngaanyatjarra Health Service, PO Box 644,
Alice Springs, NT 0871 or email to
peter.duff@nghealth.org.au by 16 December 2008.
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