Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia

We are excited to share our inaugural Annual Report! 🤩 This report provides an overview of our achievements in the 2023-24 financial year. It shines a spotlight on the work of our dedicated team, the resilience and strength of our communities, and the support of our members and stakeholders. Download a copy at https://bit.ly/4ikG33d

It was great to welcome the Lifeline Australia team to the Gayaa Dhuwi office this week. 🤝🏽 It was an important opportunity to come together and talk about our partnership with 13YARN, and how we can continue to collectively contribute to the highest attainable standard of social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention outcomes for our people. 🧡 If you’re feeling worried or no good, call 13YARN on 13 92 76. #13YARN

Creating a vibrant platform to promote health, connection, and suicide prevention activities that foster good social and emotional wellbeing - what's better than that?! 🏀 💪 We're thrilled to be able to work with House of Darwin and Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services - KAMS, to bring this project to the Community of Wangkatjungka!

This Transgender Day of Remembrance, Gayaa Dhuwi commemorates the transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse persons in our communities who have been murdered or who have died as a result of anti-transgender violence. Let’s remember, reflect, and continue to fight for a world where all transgender people can live safely and authentically. 🏳️⚧️ 🤍 #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TDOR #TransLivesMatter

Thanks for visiting Jesse!

Great to have new friends from the Oceti Sakowin Nation (South Dakota, USA) drop into the office last week as part of their Group Study Exchange. We had the opportunity to share our ways of knowing, being, and doing and hear about theirs!

Meet the team: Our Director of Communications and Development, Clare Butterfield, has a background in the community controlled and not-for-profit sectors, and works to ensure Gayaa Dhuwi’s activities reach audiences across Australia.

If you, or someone you know, are feeling worried or no good, we encourage you to connect with 13YARN on 13 92 76 (24 hours/7 days) and talk with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter.

Leader profile: a Yamatji man of Nyamal and Malgana descent, Michael Mitchell, began his career in Indigenous health and wellbeing by working with Aboriginal youth in his hometown, Carnarvon, following a successful professional AFL career. Read our yarn with this leader in social and emotional wellbeing at https://lnkd.in/gehyifRN

In common with Indigenous peoples in many countries, our people connect our mental health to strong Indigenous identities, to participation in our cultures, families and communities, and to our relationship to the lands and seas, ancestors, and the spiritual dimension of existence. This holistic concept of health that includes mental health is referred to as social and emotional wellbeing. Learn more by downloading your copy of the Gayaa Dhuwi Declaration here https://lnkd.in/gb8scsFS