VISIONS FOR KIJA-JARU VISIONS FOR KIJA-JARU COUNTRY COUNTRY

Halls Creek – East Kimberley – Halls Creek – East Kimberley – Western AustraliaWestern Australia

Deidre Ikin Community Drug Service Worker June 2002

What it’s about….What it’s about….

Ways of workingWays of working

A story about this work A story about this work

Some ways to use it Some ways to use it yourselfyourself

What the boss said….What the boss said….

Fly in to Halls Creek for Fly in to Halls Creek for two or three days a month two or three days a month

Work with local workers Work with local workers who see people with drug who see people with drug and alcohol problemsand alcohol problems

What I thought…What I thought…

I NEED A PLANI NEED A PLAN

PLAN FOR WORKINGPLAN FOR WORKING

COMMUNITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 4 APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY 4 D’sD’s

4Ds 4Ds

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DiscoverDiscover“Best In Our “Best In Our Past”Past”

DreamDream“What might be”“What might be”

DesignDesign“What should “What should bebe——the ideal?”the ideal?”

DestinyDestiny“How to empower,“How to empower,learn, and adjust?”learn, and adjust?”

Cooperrider, D.L. & Srivastva, S., (1987) and Banaga Jr., G. (1998)

DISCOVERY DISCOVERY

Find something really Find something really good……good……

…….like Caroline Pool at the .like Caroline Pool at the end of dry season end of dry season

DREAM DREAM

DREAM WHAT MIGHT BEDREAM WHAT MIGHT BE

Looking for a positive Looking for a positive future future

DESIGN DESIGN

Decide what should beDecide what should be

Find ways to work Find ways to work together to do it together to do it

Work together to bring a Work together to bring a vision vision

DELIVERY OR DESTINY DELIVERY OR DESTINY

Create it by doing it Create it by doing it

Empower, learn, Empower, learn, adjustadjust

LANGUAGE LANGUAGE CREATES OUR CREATES OUR

REALITY REALITY

Red Hill school kids telling Red Hill school kids telling parts of the body in parts of the body in

language language

Drink safe messages for Drink safe messages for the pub the pub

I f you are drinking grog Drink water Don’t drive Eat tucker Look after the kids

KIJA KIJA

Tama ngurlukngarri nerne kurlum nguwan juwurra nimpin ngurrkajim Mayim jangperne menkawuk nimpirrimnhapurru jaam Kurntukam menkawuy perneta

Kija translation by Kimberley Language Resource Centre Halls Creek/ KCDST 2002

JARU JARU

Nyangan daraj ngananggu ngawa Ngaba nyarniny ngananda Wagurran mudigangan dribim mananggu Mangarri ngarnanda yambi gin.gig Yambambawu warra ganganda yalu

Jaru translation by Kimberley Language Resource Centre Halls Creek/KCDST 2002

KRIOL KRIOL

I b yumob garra dringgimbat grog

yu garra dringgim bigmob woda don jinggabat bla dreibim modiga yu garra eidim bigismob daga en yu garra kipim ola kid seib

Kriol translation by Kimberley Language Resource Centre Halls Creek/ KCDST 2002

It is important to value It is important to value differences differences

A creative approach to A creative approach to change change

Takes us away from what is Takes us away from what is wrong to what we might be wrong to what we might be

able to do able to do

Finds what we do well Finds what we do well rather than what we need to rather than what we need to

fix fix

The mob….The mob….Halls Creek District High School – School Drug Education Halls Creek District High School – School Drug Education

Project Team Project Team

Halls Creek ShireHalls Creek Shire

Halls Creek PoliceHalls Creek Police

Kimberley TAFE – Halls Creek Kimberley TAFE – Halls Creek

Kimberley Language and Resource CentreKimberley Language and Resource Centre

Jungarni–Jutiya Alcohol Education Centre Jungarni–Jutiya Alcohol Education Centre

Halls Creek HospitalHalls Creek Hospital

Halls Creek SupermarketHalls Creek Supermarket

Halls Creek Youth ServiceHalls Creek Youth Service

Kimberley Community Drug Service TeamKimberley Community Drug Service Team

More of the mob…More of the mob…

Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical ServiceYura Yungi Aboriginal Medical Service

North West Mental Health ServiceNorth West Mental Health Service

Department of Justice – Halls CreekDepartment of Justice – Halls Creek

Department of Indigenous Affairs – Halls CreekDepartment of Indigenous Affairs – Halls Creek

Warlawurra Catholic School Warlawurra Catholic School

Halls Creek Multi-purpose CentreHalls Creek Multi-purpose Centre

Kimberley Public Health Unit Kimberley Public Health Unit

Halls Creek Community Health ServiceHalls Creek Community Health Service

and many other community members and workers and many other community members and workers

Goodbye Halls Creek Goodbye Halls Creek

Thank you to the people of Halls Creek Thank you to the people of Halls Creek

for welcoming me to your country.for welcoming me to your country.

Tiny McCale My Country