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"Let them dance in praise of his name, playing to him on strings and drums!" Issue 7, November 2007, Highlights: Caritas - Caritas applauds Indigenous communities doing it for themselves The Blake Art Prize - A Kimberley Winner |
KCP Magazine Caritas applauds Indigenous communities doing it for themselves. Caritas Australia congratulates its Indigenous development partner Unity of First Peoples Australia (UFPA), for the dramatic impact its diabetes program has had in addressing this important Indigenous health issue. Dr John Boulton from the WA Country Health Service evaluated the program at Mowanjum community east of Derby and found ‘we have evidence of the success of the program both in terms of improving the care of adolescents with diabetes and in changing the community capacity to cope with the future predicted exponential increase in diabetes in all age groups.’ Ernie Bridge, President of UFPA said ‘the results are very pleasing and consistent with the results achieved so far in other remote Kimberley communities where the UFPA diabetes program has been introduced.’ Currently Caritas Australia, as part of the ‘close the gap’ coalition is calling on the Australian Government to direct a further $460 million per year to address the crisis in Indigenous health. Donations to Caritas can be made through the Diocesan Director, Fr Emil Ciecierega, telephone 08 919192 4950. For more information see:
Photo: Courtesy Caritas Australia |
Introduced at Mowanjum in September 2006, the community-based program is implemented at the direction of a working group of community elders and representatives from UFPA, WA Country health Service and Princess Margaret Hospital. 
