The Defence Force Recruiting Careers Promotion Team visited Katherine recently. A small amount of our RISE participants participated in an information session and were given the opportunity to talk with members of the Defence and have some of their question answered.
RISE assisted with the PPAC Youth Summit as part of Pormpuraaw Community Development and Community Engagement working together.
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.
The Rise Ventures team created videos acknowledging the land they are on for NAIDOC Week.
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.
Rise Ventures Pormpuraaw hosted a barbeque so our community members could meet potential employers from Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council and Pormpuraaw Paanthu Aboriginal Corporation.
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.
The Rise Ventures team was excited and happy to be a part of the Troy Cassar-Daley Concert at Pormpuraaw.
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.
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.
