{"id":2402,"date":"2019-04-18T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2402"},"modified":"2019-04-18T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T22:00:09","slug":"on-country-camps-to-help-heal-the-hurt-of-was-stolen-generations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/18\/on-country-camps-to-help-heal-the-hurt-of-was-stolen-generations\/","title":{"rendered":"On Country Camps to Help Heal the Hurt of WA's Stolen Generations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Morrison Government will provide $150,000 for Back to Country Cultural Healing Bush Camps, part of a significant project to support members of the Stolen Generations and their families in Western Australia.
\nThe funding will enable the Sister Kate\u2019s Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation to conduct three camps \u2013 for men, women and families \u2013 to improve mental and social wellbeing and help counter intergenerational trauma and feelings of disempowerment.
\n\u201cThe road that hundreds of Sister Kate\u2019s \u2018Homees\u2019 and thousands of their fellow Stolen Generations have travelled has been challenging and often painful,\u201d said Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt AM.
\n\u201cHowever, this project represents an exciting opportunity to walk and work together to reinforce our identity, to heal and to share our cultural strength with the broader community.
\n\u201cWhile the camps will be conducted at a variety of locations, the main focus will be on a special Place of Healing, a pristine bush block within Perth\u2019s metropolitan area.\u201d
\nMinister Wyatt said renewing connections with country and totems and sharing traditions was fundamental to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
\n\u201cIt is important to celebrate the power of knowledge and wisdom and the strength and resilience of our people, by handing on stories and harnessing the spirit within and around us,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cNoongar country, where the camps will be held, is famous for its wildflowers and these play a special role in traditional cultural healing practices.\u201d
\nSister Kate\u2019s Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation Chair Glenn Pearson said the organisation had worked for ten years on the healing project.
\n\u201cIt will be wonderful to hold several cultural healing bush camps on the land we are going to build our Place of Healing on,\u201d Mr Pearson said.
\n\u201cThe site played a major role in the lives of the Sister Kate\u2019s Home Kids in their younger years and to be able to walk in the footsteps of childhood brings a sense of place, of belonging and of wellbeing.\u201d
\nSister Kate\u2019s Homee Cheryl Phillips said: \u201cWe just loved being able to get away from the restrictive life that we lived at the Home, by running across the road to the bush block.
\n\u201cNow, as adults, we have an opportunity to make something doubly meaningful, by building the Place of Healing on the land that will provide healing for everyone.\u201d
\nTo ensure the messages from the camps and Place of Healing reach a wider audience, a documentary is being made to share people\u2019s experiences and encourage other community members to participate in future cultural healing camps.
\nThe Morrison Government is committed to continuing to work with families, communities, local organisations and government groups to improve Indigenous people\u2019s health and to build ever stronger families and communities.
\nThe Morrison Government has committed $4.1 billion over four years to work together with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve health.
\nSister Kate\u2019s was a Stolen Generations children\u2019s institution that originated in 1934.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Morrison Government will provide $150,000 for Back to Country Cultural Healing Bush Camps, part of a significant project to support members of the Stolen Generations and their families in Western Australia. The funding will enable the Sister Kate\u2019s Home Kids Aboriginal Corporation to conduct three camps \u2013 for men, women and families \u2013 to … Continue reading “On Country Camps to Help Heal the Hurt of WA's Stolen Generations”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}