Monday 17th to Friday 21st of June Mala’la ran a Youth Health Week called Young and Healthy focusing on health screening and education.

Two teams comprising of community workers and nurses mobilised throughout Maningrida setting up in fixed and mobile locations offering young people health screens and providing education on healthy lifestyles and promoting safe practices.

On Tuesday the Women’s team provided an education session facilitated by the Women’s Cultural Hub at the youth center.

Each day all who participated in screening went into a raffle to win a prize.

A big thank you for the invaluable support provided by Barb from AMSANT who flew over to help out for the week and funding from NACCHO. Thank you to Mala’la staff Theresa, Valda, Alex and John and all the community members participated in the event.

A total of 207 screenings were completed during this remarkable week !