Featured Stories
Keeping Them Home
Posted on 22 May 2013.
Help us to give our children the standard of life they deserve, instead of destroying our families.
Ian Thorpe – Close the Gap
Posted on 18 April 2013.
Ian Thorpe asks Australian Government not to forget Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders health.
On Medals and the Children of the Sunrise
Posted on 13 December 2012.
Ian Thorpe and Jeff McMullen reflect on this week’s awarding of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights Medal to a great Olympian. All children should have the human right to live a healthy and fulfilling life. This is surely common sense. We would like to think that every Australian would agree on this simple human dignity, making it [...]
The Stronger Smarter movement in Indigenous Education
Posted on 28 October 2012.
The Way Ahead by Jeff McMullen, October 2012 An impassioned call to support the social and emotional well being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has marked one of the largest and most important gatherings of educators in the ‘Stronger Smarter’ movement gathering force across Australia.
Major Supporter
Australian Unity Foundation is proudly supporting Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for youth, assisting in closing the space between the home and the school by supporting the Literacy Backpack Program. Fountain for youth was a successful applicant to a 12 month grant for the provisioning of resources for students in the remote community school.
Thank you to Australian Unity Foundation for your generosity and passion in supporting Indigenous learning and being a part of our journey.
