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