Young Parents Program helps children get a better start in life
StoryLife’s journey has not always been an easy one for Keisha, partner Shane and her three daughters, Aleisha, Lacey and Shayla. So in the latter part of 2009, they decided to relocate from Brisbane to Townsville, hoping to create a more stable future for the family, with better employment opportunities.
Saibai Island student’s higher education ambition
StorySupport from family and Australian Government initiatives helped Adeah Kabi become the first student from Saibai Island in the Torres Strait to transition directly from Year 12 to university.
All ready for preschool in Central Australia
StoryThe Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, in Alice Springs, is the largest and oldest Aboriginal community controlled health service in the Northern Territory.
Community leadership in the Torres Strait
StoryRellis Petro from Thursday Island has a new outlook on life after graduating from the Torres Strait Youth Leadership Program.
Languages: Keeping culture alive
StoryAcross the remote communities of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) and Maralinga Tjarutja (MT) Lands, an intergenerational cultural transmission project is under way to save languages and stories from dying out.