Ian’s Speech
"Australia's grim record on health care for Indigenous people is by far the worst of any developed nation..........Developed? How can a country be "developed" when it leaves so many of its children behind?" [read more] Speech delivered by Ian Thorpe, July 9, 2009 at the inaurural "Beyond Sport Summit". Chaired by Tony Blair, Beyond Sport is an organisation building worldwide interest in using sport for social good.
Backpack Program
Fountain for youth is a non-profit charitable organisation empowering children through education and improving their health and well being. "There is not ever a turning point in one's life where it is any more important than another to give to those who are less fortunate than yourself. At Fountain for youth we have always endeavored to deliver the best possible outcomes for our brothers and sisters who need a helping hand to survive the constant current working against them. The work that my charity is undertaking is amongst the proudest accomplishments in my life and though my work is incomplete, I have ...
Programs
INDIGENOUS PROGRAMS: Supporting Literacy & Health Education Supporting Literacy & Health Education - A Partnership between Aboriginal Australians and Ian Thorpe's fountain for youth All Australian children have the right to good health and a first rate education. We are committed to achieving this equality. In 2003 Fountain for youth began funding maternal and child health education carried out by the award winning Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation, in the remote communities east of Katherine, NT. Our research confirmed that the essential foundation for improved health and life expectancy was rapid progress in life empowering education. The Literacy Empowerment Project combines support for parents and ...
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CLOSING THE SPACE BETWEEN US - BY JEFF MCMULLEN "I am torn as I stand here tonight between sharing what I know is happening to Aboriginal communities and wanting to be there as the sun rises tomorrow....if we are to overcome the crisis in Aboriginal communities around this country we have to educate ourselves to understand the truth" Click here to download the full artical as a PDF THE CHILDREN OF THE SUNRISE - BY JEFF MCMULLEN .......“Minister, it is not fundamentally about policy it is about how you value Aboriginal people as human beings.” ..... especially at this time, as we hear it ...
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How can I help? At Fountain for youth we believe that the issues we address are issues that all people should embrace. I believe we are at a crucial turning point where your support, voice and knowledge can make a substantial difference in closing the gap for some of the worlds truly neediest children - The First Australians. I have witnessed a significant change in peoples outlook towards Indigenous Australians, especially amongst young people. Unfortunately there are still too few people that are recognising the dire need in this country to close the gap on inequality - the true emergency and urgency ...
Close the Gap
CLOSETHEGAP Indigenous Health Equality Summit STATEMENT OF INTENT CANBERRA, MARCH, 2008 PREAMBLE Our challenge for the future is to embrace a new partnership between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The core of this partnership for the future is closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on life expectancy, educational achievement and employment opportunities. The new partnership on closing the gap will set concrete targets for the future: within a decade to halve the widening gap in literacy, numeracy and employment outcomes and opportunities for Indigenous children, within a decade to halve the appalling gap in infant mortality rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children and, ...
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Ian on the 7pm Project
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Fountain for youth is a non-profit charitable organisation empowering children through education and improving their health and well being. “There is not ever a turning point in one’s life where it is any more important than another to give to those who are less fortunate than yourself. At Fountain for youth we have always endeavored to... [Read more of this review]
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