Since the first white man touched the sandy shores of Australia, well over 220 years ago. The rightfully land owners, have been slaughtered, caged, abused and had there children taken away (stolen generation)
Welcome now to 21st century Australia
The life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is almost two decades less than the general Australian population.
No longer can there voices go ignored.. Too many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders continue to live without equal access to basic health conditions and the acceptance by the wider community that non-Indigenous Australians take for granted. Yet it is inconceivable that a country as wealthy as Australia cannot solve a health crisis affecting less then three per cent of its population.
We should not accept that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders end up in hospitals at twice the rate of other Australians. Nor is it fair that while most Australians can look forward to long healthy lives with access to some of the best health care facilities in the world, Indigenous Australians can expect to die at much higher rates of heart disease, cancer, and kidney failure, to name a few diseases.
There are always answers.
The lack of leadership shown by past Australian government on this matter, has forced the hand of this organization to create the change.
WE NEED YOU.
Please join with the Black Book Organization. Together through her partners
Oxfam Australia and many Indigenous tribes across Australia.
Together through your support and donations. The Black Book will achieveOxfam Australia and many Indigenous tribes across Australia.
# Increasing Indigenous Australians' access to health services
# Address the critical social issues such as poor housing, nutrition and education
# Building Indigenous control and participation in the delivery of health and other services
There is no quick fix but with a long term commitment to work with Indigenous communities we can bring the change.
