Anamazing time was had by some members of the YFER team in July when they trecked over to the Triennial International Congress of Midwives conference held in Durban in June. Deb, Tracy and Annette (Cairns COL coordinator) after months of planning headed firstly to Tanzania for a little warm up…
Following our familiarization adventure it was off to the conference in Durban. A long day of travel was in store, with breakfast in Tanzania, morning tea in Kenya, lunch in Johanessberg and dinner in Durban. The conference was held at the Durban International Convention Centre and it rapidly became obvious…
Fully inspired and the conference behind us we headed off for our road trip down the famous Garden Route to Capetown. For those who have not been there before, we found the best way to describe this gorgeous region is that this part of the South African landscape seems to…
REPORT BY: Terry Doolan Camp Fire Blackfella Wilcannia I attended and co presented with Peter Gazey at this 2 day forum. Our presentation was delivered with Peter giving the COL overview, myself giving the Wilcannia Community relationship with COL and the Darwin Men’s Forum information and the future plans pending…
Account written by Kate Gorman, CO Director: The Face of Birth. Due out February 2012. www.faceofbirth.com For the last leg of our two year shoot on the Documentary The Face Of Birth, we wanted to film stories of Aboriginal women about the importance of choice in place of birth and…
Educational tools for use with youth & families At YFER we are continually looking to develop new programs and educational tools for use with youth & families within a broad range of communities throughout Australia. We have been designing a few new items over the break, which will shortly be…