Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Department of Families Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Canberra
Audiovisual
The Maningrida night patrol and child safety service consists of a group of Maningrida women who seek to protect local children and educate the community to generate change. They educate young people about sexual health and positive life skills, substance abuse and protective behaviors.
This video is part of a series made in communities identified under the Council of Australian Governments' National Partnership Agreement on Remote Service Delivery.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract
Maningrida is the second largest Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory after Wadeye, and it is located on the coast of Arnhem Land on the traditional lands of the Kunibidji people.