Media Statement From Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Ltd

ABN: 92 140 312 385     Address: PO Box 4363, Kingston ACT 2604

Phone: (02) 6273 0722     Fax: (02) 6273 0431     Email: info@healingfoundation.org.au



MEDIA STATEMENT








FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2010


On the 2nd Anniversary of the Apology by the Honorable Kevin Rudd, MP the Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander Healing Foundation Ltd would like to acknowledge the legacy of trauma and grief in Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander communities and the path our people have and continue to walk their journey

of healing.

Minister Jenny Macklin’s announcement on 13 February 2009, that the Australian Government would

invest $26.6 million over four years to establish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing

Foundation Ltd to address the healing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was an

announcement welcomed by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and non Aboriginal

Australians.

The Board of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation Ltd was inaugurated on the 14

December 2009.  Its objective is to build capacity and support the development of successful models for

healing.  To achieve this goal, the Foundation will focus its interests on the following three areas:


Support and Capacity Building; 


Healing Promotion, Education and Training; and


Research & Evaluation.


Since our appointment on the 14 December 2009, we have worked fervently to establish the Foundation to

begin the process of supporting healing initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the first

people of this land.  We look forward to announcing the release of funding applications to community in

the near future.


The Board of the Foundation acknowledges the support given to us by the Australian Indigenous Doctors

Association in particular the CEO, Mr Romlie Mokak and staff for their commitment in establishing the

Foundation and look forward to a continuing a positive partnership as a friend of the Foundation into the

future.  We would also like to thank the Minister for Families, Housing, Communities Services and

Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, MP for her ongoing support in assisting the Foundation in its early

development.  


Finally, we look forward to moving beyond the Apology and celebrating the Vision of the Foundation:

Strong Spirit, Strong Culture and Strong People.

The Foundation would also take this opportunity to announce the opening of our Secretariat office in

Canberra.  


Secretariat phone number is (02) 62730722 / Media Contact – Ms Florence Onus (Chair) - 0406452337






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