"All kids are good," Garawa man and veteran cattleman Frank Shadforth says, as he tips his weathered Akubra to take a sip of billy tea.
The camp's first group of teenage boys are from the nearby town of Borroloola and are often absent or getting into trouble at school."I am a very soft person and I don't like seeing kids going down the wrong path," he said.Garawa boy Jadekiyah Johnson, 15, said the bush camp made him feel like he could do anything."In town, you don't go fishing every day, you don't see rivers running, horses galloping.
"The camps will not just focus on personal responsibility and consequences, but they will also give young people a way out of crime by connecting them with practical learning, vocational education training and work programs," she said.The Territory Government has partnered with the Jarrdimba Bayamuku Aboriginal Corporation to establish new youth work camps for at-risk kids.For some of the kids, life in town is tough, but those worries disappeared at camp.
The Jarrdimba Bayamuku program has about $4.5 million of Territory Government funding to run for the next five years. When Jadekiyah and Christian get older, they want to share what they learnt at Seven Emu Station with their children.
There used to be a horse school but it ran out of money. It was the best way of teaching I ever saw.
Are they incapable of learning computer skills, cooking, budgeting etc. Why teach them these useless skills.
They could all join the Sydney based indigenous security guard company hired to look after Melb lock down hotels under the govt ‘inclusivity’ policy... the one that’s been such a success 😉
Honestly the standard of comment on this thread is the epitome of casual racism. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. Its really important for kids to feel some sort of purpose. I think this initiative is great!
Costs of living, in isolated indigenous strongholds, double up on hardship. White man Hotel and general store Post office. There ain't no, Craft Hardware Automotive suppliers? Workshops? Encouragement in western terms. Building a tree house without old pallets, nails, rope.
What are they going to do with these bush skills? tour guide?
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There’s a long list of similar schemes for both adults & kids which have come and gone after making ZERO difference to outcomes for participants. However, here’s another with the usual media adoration, lots of $ and self congratulatory feel goods for the facilitators.
Yep I agree!!! Learning how to dig out witchetty grubs will certainly help this lot in finding a job that’s going to support their family and not be looking for public taxpayers handout .i wonder how mush the BS cost the public
Um.. and that counts as a newsworthy success?
Work camp? Srsly. Great that these kids are getting much needed help, but work camp..? Let’s try “Bush skills retreat”, shall we?
Nice to see aborigines taking responsibility to manage and try and fix their own societal problems
“Work camp” is an unfortunate name.
Yeah bush skills, lots of jobs in bush skills?