Gunbalanya Youth Leadership was supported by WCE team during the lenght of the project, mentoring, discussion and opportunity to participate to youth summits were encouraged.
Two emerging youth leaders participated in the ‘Remote Indigenous Youth Leadership Summit’, followed by an ‘Indigenous Leaders Conference’ (Nov, 2016) – see: http://igce.cdu.edu.au/2016ilc
During this trip, one key youth participant from Gunbalanya was interviewed by the ABC about his perspectives on child removals, see: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-10/young-leaders-call-for-change-after-child-removals-report/8011018
Some of the youth that attended the Remote Indigenous Youth Leadership Summit.
Youth from Gunbalanya engaging with other Youth from the other 5 communities where WCE was working at the Remote Indigenous Youth Leadership Summit - Nov 2016
Galiwin’ku is a Yolŋu community located on Elcho Island, approximately 550 km North East of Darwin
Also known as Oenpelli, Gunbalanya is a large Aboriginal town situated about 60km north east of Jabiru, across the East Alligator River in Arnhem Land
Maningrida is one of the largest Aboriginal towns in the Northern Territory. It is situated approximately 500km east of Darwin in Arnhem Land.
Tennant Creek or Jurnkurakurr is the biggest township in the Barkly Region. The main languages are Warumungu and English
Many senior people from the Yirrkala community have expressed both passion for strengthening education pathways in Yirrkala
The Yuendumu School is composed of 260 student from Preschool to Senior Years. The team is made of both yapa (Indigenous people) and kardiya (non-Indigenous). 95% of the students speak Warlpiri as their first language.
I joined the team in April 2016, just in time for the team meeting at Tennant Creek, where it was realised that the team needed someone to analyse the data that was being generated across the different communities.
Being a part of the WCE Initiative has been a wonderful experience and I have learnt so much from being a part of this team with such diverse backgrounds that supported each other throughout the initiative.
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