RISE assisted with the PPAC Youth Summit as part of Pormpuraaw Community Development and Community Engagement working together.
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Beswick NAIDOC Cook Up
The Beswick community celebrated NAIDOC week with a cook-up around the fire. The Fellas and ladies made a very tasty meal of vegetables, corn beef, and damper.
NAIDOC Week Celebrations
The Rise Ventures team created videos acknowledging the land they are on for NAIDOC Week.
Kalano Indigenous Careers Expo
On Friday the 18th of June, RISE was invited to attend the Indigenous Careers Expo held at the Kalano Sports Precinct at Kalano Community Association.
Vacancy Drive success – more jobs to fill
Rise Ventures Pormpuraaw hosted a barbeque so our community members could meet potential employers from Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council and Pormpuraaw Paanthu Aboriginal Corporation.
Training available as AACAP comes to Pormpuraaw
The Army Aboriginal Community Assistance Programme (AACAP) has commenced work in the Pormpuraaw region, starting with building an Independent Living Facility and Men’s Shed.
Troy Cassar-Daley Concert at Pormpuraaw
The Rise Ventures team was excited and happy to be a part of the Troy Cassar-Daley Concert at Pormpuraaw.
Construction White Card Training
13 RISE participants successfully completed White Card training with Anthony from Civil Safety on Tuesday 8/06/21. RISE also assisted 4 other community members who are not RISE participants to complete this training as there were some spaces left due to Sorry Business and some participants were unable to complete the training due to this.
Kybrook Community COVID Vaccine
The Pine Creek clinic manager Damien and Aboriginal Health staff Chris Johnson came to the Rise CDP Activity in Kybrook to speak with Rise participants about the COVID-19 Vaccine.
Bunnings brings smiles to Barunga Creche Kids’ faces!
With kind generation from Bunnings Palmerston, we were able to distribute show bags to the remote communities that we work in within Region 33. The dinosaurs and frisbees were particularly popular with the children. Huge thanks to the Bunnings team from all of us. #Bunnings #NyirrunggulungRise