Aboriginal Healing
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Akeyulerre Healing Centre – Ayeye-ke Ilyelhme | Stories and Songs of the Land
For many years, the elders have spoken about the importance of maintaining Arrernte songs and stories, in 2022, we have been able to realise the Ayeye-ke Ilyelhme project.
Arrernte people hold important songs and stories of the land, these are integral to the connection and identity of Arrernte people. Central and Eastern Arrernte recordings for men and women will be revived from various archived collections and stored on a locally accessible database for the appropriate Arrernte families.
The revitalised recordings will be used by men and women, under the guidance of elders, to learn and continue to pass these important traditions to future generations.
Elders and families will guide the right process for individuals and groups to share, record and learn their song lines on country.Read more
Adam
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Akeyulerre Healing Centre – Ingkenteme | Bush Schools
Ingkenteme, means following the footsteps back. Our elders want to be teaching their grandchildren on their country, the way they learnt.
Akeyulerre family groups are supported by the Ingkenteme program to lead camps on their homelands, creating time for young people to be on country with their elders and family members. On the camps they learn stories of the land, language, and kinship structures; this builds a strong identity as an Arrernte person.
When back in town, families will share the stories and learning from their country trips with photos, films and by getting together for ‘family nights’.Read more
Adam
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Akeyulerre Healing Centre – Itentye | Social Enterprise
Itentye means branching out, we feel proud of our culture and honour the knowledge and skills that have been passed to us. Our elders and families gather at Akeyulerre as an important place for Arrernte people to come together, we celebrate our land, our people and our culture and we offer ways to share this with the broader community.
We harvest plants and make traditional healing products which has grown into a social enterprise employing young Arrernte women and fostering the continuation of our healing knowledge. We also conduct cultural healing services including kwerte-ileme smoking ceremonies and cultural knowledge sharing workshops. The men are developing business ideas that support cultural engagement and skills development.
We have also been busy building a larger centre that will create more opportunities to share our work and generate income for Arrernte people.
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Adam
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Akeyulerre Healing Centre – Strong Families
Family life is central for Arrernte people, when the elders started Akeyulerre they wanted to make a place that families feel comfortable to sit down together, heal and show respect for each other. At Akeyulerre we support the cultural systems and connections that hold families together and keep them strong, we understand the importance and challenges of living in large family networks.
Our ‘family nights’ happen monthly, bringing together and celebrating Arrernte families, we share stories, teach our kids and enjoy time together. We run annual Healing Camps on country to deepen our connections and to keep teaching our young people about country, language and healing.
The heart of our families is with our elders. At Akeyulerre our elders are employed to guide our work, teach the younger generations and provide important healing services within our community. We support our elders to sustain their roles as knowledge holders and carers, in their families and communities, as well as offer practical help for everyday life.
Family Support Services
The Family Support Service program invites Arrernte families to share their stories about what is important for them to be strong and safe. Akeyulerre will work with our families and elders to apply their understanding of being resilient and connected, to inform a model of care that will help Anglicare work well with Arrernte families.Read more
Adam
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Akeyulerre Healing Centre -Apmere Angkentye-kehne | Arrernte Language Program
Apmere angkentye-kenhe mpwaretyenhe apmere Mparntwe-nge Arrernte mapeke. Artist mape apurte-irretyenhe tyerrtye Arrernte mapenge angkentye Arrernte rlterrke atnyenetyeke imernemele tyerrtye apmere arrpenhe-arenye mapeke alke.
Apmere angkentye-kenhe is a social project made in collaboration by artists and Arrernte people, valuing Central and Eastern Arrernte as the first language of Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and examining the potential of language exchange to effect place, people and power.
The project was an independent, artist-run, initiative operating out of the Yellow Shed in the Todd Mall. Activities valuing Arrernte language were run from here and a range of language learning materials were created.
From 2019 the project has run through Akeyulerre. We have developed a smartphone app for learning about place and language available here. We also have a range of language learning materials available at our shop or online.
Ayeye-ke Ilyelehme archive program continues to strengthen Arrernte language through collating Arrernte recordings and developing online access to Arrernte language.Read more
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Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation – Health Services
Parlpuru Ninji Kari — Health Services support health and wellbeing for every stage of our clients’ life.
Anyinginyi Health provides culturally responsive primary health care services that are client centred and contribute to improving the health of the Aboriginal community of Tennant Creek and the Barkly region. Our Aboriginal health model means that Aboriginal Health Practitioners (AHPs) are in the frontline tending to clients in the first instance. The AHPs provide triage, management and treatment that is within their scope. As a multidisciplinary team, this model is supported by Registered Nurses, General Practitioners, Specialists and Allied Health teams.
Our programs focus on every stage of our clients’ lives, from babies to the elderly, providing dedicated and focussed care in the areas of:
- dental
- child and maternal health
- women’s health
- men’s health
- diabetes
- renal care.
We also have a dedicated remote health services team who work with surrounding Aboriginal communities within the Barkly region.
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Adam
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Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation – Piliyintinji- Ki Stronger Families
The Piliyintinji-ki — Stronger Families (PSF) team provide culturally appropriate social and emotional health services for men, women and families in Tennant Creek and the Barkly Region.
Piliyintinji-ki is Waramungu language for“to make something better, to cure or make something good”. This name informs how we provide services to our people. Our aim is to improve their physical, social and emotional health status.
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Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation – Public Health
The Kalpa Purru Wirranjarlki — Public Health team deliver preventative and educational programs across a broad spectrum of health areas.
Through raising awareness of health issues people of the Barkly Region can gain control over their own health.
Our approach is to “make the healthy choice the easy choice” by protecting, maintaining and improving the health standards of the population through health education, raising awareness, conducting research and encouraging a healthy lifestyle.
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Binjari Health Clinic
Wurli manages the Binjari Health Centre located 15 kilometres west of Katherine in the Binjari Community. Residents and visitors of Binjari can access a full range of effective and culturally competent primary health care services from the Clinic as well as access referrals into Wurli’s Community Services and Chronic Conditions Clinic available.
The Clinic promotes and protects health and wellbeing by encouraging the adoption of healthy behaviours, controlling the spread of disease and preventing harm and injury while influencing the social determinants of health.
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Hilary Sinfield
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Black Rainbow
We currently support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+SB people through various community projects and initiatives that we have and continue to develop. We call these initiatives our Contagion of Love projects.
Through our grassroots and diverse approaches, we strive to alleviate the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBQTI+SB people.
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Adam