A Wagilak woman, Janice is a traditional dancer who tells her family’s stories through movements handed down over generations.
With many of the elders gone, Janice is trying to transfer knowledge, and keep a connection to culture and nurture future leaders.
Like many remote communities, Janice’s faces a range of challenges – low employment and education, financial hardship, poor health and lower life expectancy.
With the generosity of our supporters, Caritas Australia partners with Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, which operates a centre for traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and culture, providing employment and generating income for local communities.
Elders run workshops and share their knowledge with the younger generation, and with visitors.
Local guides run bush cultural tours and architect-designed tourist accommodation is available for visitors.
Janice believes that Djilpin Arts’ work is essential to create opportunities for young people to stay on-country, to share inter-generational knowledge between elders and the younger generation – to promote healing, and to keep culture alive.
Please help support people like Janice and make a difference to the lives of the most marginalised and vulnerable members of society.
Your gift will help uplift the most marginalised and vulnerable members of society.
To donate to Project Compassion, visit Caritas Australia’s website: lent.caritas.org.au or call 1800 024 413.
This year, Caritas Australia is also encouraging supporters to run their own fundraising events. Learn more at fundraise.projectcompassion.org.au
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