Culture is key for Aboriginal youth (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Greetings folks, I thought this was a pretty relevant news post here since
learning one's heritage language can be/is a very very important factor in
youth suicide prevention.

Phil
UofA


On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Phil Cash Cash <weyiiletpu at gmail.com>wrote:

> 25 APR 2014 - 5:37PM
>
>  Culture is key for Aboriginal youth
> *Suicide rates in Australia's Indigenous youth are among the highest in
> the world. In the Sydney suburb of La Perouse, charity organisation First
> Hand Solutions is convinced it has part of the answer.*
>
> By
> Ella Archibald-Binge
>
> Nestled on the headland of Botany Bay, the La Perouse community has not
> been protected from the issues plaguing much of Indigenous Australia.
>
> Peter Cooley of charity organisation First Hand Solutions said the
> community had a lot to tackle.
>
> "We've seen our youth in and out of juvenile detention centres and sadly
> we've experienced our young people committing suicide," he said.
>
> "I'm a big believer, through my experience of working with youth, that
> it's this dispossession of culture that is playing a part there somewhere."
>
> A new report by the University of New South Wales supported Mr Cooley's
> theory.
>
> ​Access full article below:
> http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/04/25/culture-key-aboriginal-youth
> ​
>
>
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