‘Young Doctors’ graduate from Perth, Peel and South West Schools! 30 students from Ashburton Drive Public School in Perth and Waroona District High School in the South West recently graduated from the Malpa Young Doctors for Life program. 15 more students from Djidi Djidi Aboriginal School in Peel will graduate in early 2025. The program empowers Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students aged between nine and 12 to take control of their health and help shape better health outcomes for their families and communities. Over the course of the 15-week program, the students learnt hands-on skills from Aboriginal Elders, doctors and paramedics in health leadership, nutrition, hygiene, and social and emotional well-being. Today’s graduation is the first in Western Australia thanks to Earbus Foundation of Western Australia, a children's charity that works to reduce the incidence of middle ear disease in Aboriginal and at-risk children in WA, who introduced Malpa to the schools in the region. The Malpa program has benefited from $100,000 in support from global charity the Alcoa Foundation, which will assist the Aspen Medical Foundation to continue working with Malpa, which it has done for more than a decade. Aspen Medical Foundation Chair Sian Keys said the graduation is a celebration of the students’ achievement of weeks of work focused on a wide range of health issues, identifying solutions and dreaming of what the future holds. “Because the projects are locally designed and delivered, it is a chance for communities to celebrate their shared achievement and commissioning the Young Doctors to be influencers in their community to bring about better health futures for everyone,” Ms Keys said. #AspenMedical #AspenMedicalFoundation #Malpa #AlcoaFoundation #SocialImpact
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1wWell done everyone! What a great achievement.