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The Role of Partnerships:
Jawoyn - Fred Hollows Foundation Nutrition Program
The Fred Hollows Foundation responded to a request from the Jawoyn community
of the Northern Territory to tackle a major underlying cause of poor health
– the lack of nutritious food. The result is a multi-faceted nutrition
project that empowers local people to gain long-term improvements in nutrition
by working in genuine partnership with the community.
Aspects of the project include:
• Appointing a community-based nutritionist
(a first in the Northern Territory).
• Supporting a Women’s Centre initiative
to provide breakfasts and lunch for school children.
• Supporting the Sunrise Health Service by
brokering partnerships with corporate and philanthropic foundations to
secure funding for specific, urgently-needed health programs.
• Securing an experienced manager seconded
from Woolworths to mentor, train and advise community store management
committees, local managers and staff.
• Providing a culturally-appropriate financial
literacy program.
• Supporting a literacy program providing
resources for pre-school programs.
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