Doing it Aboriginal Way: Children Holding Mob Together
Tracks
Ian McLachlan Room West
| Tuesday, October 25, 2022 |
| 10:55 AM - 11:15 AM |
Overview
Eleazar Newchurch-Papillo, The Malpa Project
Speaker
Mr Eleazar Newchurch-Papillo
Manager, Community And School Liaison
The Malpa Project
Doing it Aboriginal Way: Children Holding Mob Together
11:35 AM - 11:55 AMAbstract
The young people the Malpa Program works with confront a vast array of social and emotional well-being issues. Their lack of knowledge and understanding about how to deal with what faces them in life means that these issues frequently compound and can take a serious toll both on the individual and their communities.
The Malpa Young Doctors Project was developed in response to this need and at the direct request of Warlpiri and Pintupi Elders who gave the project its name. It was designed in consultation to ensure it embraces direct input from the communities in which it runs. It is not a FIFO model or a one-size-fits-all model. In line with the Western and Central Desert approach, Young Doctors are young people who are trained to be health ambassadors amongst their peers and in community with skills and tools to care for themselves and their mob.
Malpa has a flexible scaffold of six key themes that have strong echoes of First Nations approaches to Social and Emotional Being. Over the course of a project, Young Doctors develop understanding of the links between mind and emotions, the body, family, kinship and community, culture and spirituality. As far as possible the approach is holistic, and projects address areas as they occur rather than in silos.
As Malpa encourages strong ties between its Young Doctors, the school and the community it helps consolidate relationships and deepen cultural knowledge. As our Young Doctors uncover their identity, they also develop resilience and self-belief. They become empowered as strong, proud and vital young leaders.
The Malpa Young Doctors Project was developed in response to this need and at the direct request of Warlpiri and Pintupi Elders who gave the project its name. It was designed in consultation to ensure it embraces direct input from the communities in which it runs. It is not a FIFO model or a one-size-fits-all model. In line with the Western and Central Desert approach, Young Doctors are young people who are trained to be health ambassadors amongst their peers and in community with skills and tools to care for themselves and their mob.
Malpa has a flexible scaffold of six key themes that have strong echoes of First Nations approaches to Social and Emotional Being. Over the course of a project, Young Doctors develop understanding of the links between mind and emotions, the body, family, kinship and community, culture and spirituality. As far as possible the approach is holistic, and projects address areas as they occur rather than in silos.
As Malpa encourages strong ties between its Young Doctors, the school and the community it helps consolidate relationships and deepen cultural knowledge. As our Young Doctors uncover their identity, they also develop resilience and self-belief. They become empowered as strong, proud and vital young leaders.
Biography
Eleazar Newchurch-Papillo is a family man and member of the Narungga Nation from the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia. He is driven to achieve excellence in all areas of his life and to inspire others as a positive role model. Through his work and in all interpersonal relationships he is committed to and passionate about supporting our younger generation to connect with culture, experience belonging, and develop as future leaders. As manager for the Malpa Project in South Australia, Eleazar supports leaders and students to access the resources and opportunities that build the social and emotional well-being required for success.
