CDEP
Funding Ceases
FaHCSIA will not be funding Papulu Apparr-kari to deliver
CDEP services beyond 30 June 2009.
This closes a major chapter in our development and committment
to servicing the Indigenous people of the Barkly. CDEP has been a part
of Papulu Apparr-kari for 13 years from 1996-2009. It is with some sadness
we see this service cease, but as one door closes many others open and
the granting of a three year funding agreement for our Language activities
highlights that we are still a strong and viable organisation.
Despite being extremely successful in meeting all requirements,
particulary those requiring the finding of full time employment for
CDEP participants, FaHCSIA decided that a single provider was all that
it required for service delivery in Tennant Creek. It would appear this
was more important than actually analysing whether the program was successfully
run.
We wish to thank all those participants who worked with
us over the years and wish them all the best for the future.
Three Year Funding for Language Programs
Papulu Apparr-kari has just been granted triennial
funding from the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
(DEWHA), to take us through to 2012; which means we have some longer
term stability to plan and impliment our programs for Language Maintenance,
Revival and Restoration.
With the plans to use the Miromaa Language database
program and our work in training language speakers with the Indigenous
WRAP program the stability of three year funding means these types of
longer term programs can progress with greater confidence and surety
for success.
With this type of funding arrangement the ability
to achieve quality outcomes increases considerably and we acknowledge
the wisdom of the decision makers involved.
Language Workers Visit Sydney
Papulu Apparr-kari, The Australian Literacy &
Numeracy Foundation(ALNF), The University of Western Sydney, and Tennant
Creek High School are partnering to enable an Indigenous Language Leaning
mentoring program to be run at Tennant Creek High School as part of the
Stage 1 Community Studies Program. The program will see high school students
work mentoring in developing language skills with primary school students
focusing on the Warumungu and Warlmanpa languages.
As part of the development and planning for this
to happen a group of ladies from Papulu Apparr-kari went to Sydney recently
to meet with the ALNF and Unviversity people to establish the initial
contacts and commence the detailed planning for this to occur. A trip
to major east coast cities is a very rare experience for our ladies and
the sharing of ideas and the imparting of cross cultural knowledge was
a very successful and enlightning experience for all. It was also very
important for the success of the project which will run in the second
semester of 2009.
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