The best opportunity to build a strong foundation for lifelong health and wellbeing occurs during the first 1000 days – the period from conception, throughout pregnancy, and during a child’s first two years.
Enhancing health and wellbeing outcomes for infants is at the forefront of global Indigenous social work practice.
Child maltreatment is a global health priority affecting up to half of all children worldwide, with profound and ongoing impacts on physical, social and emotional wellbeing.
Indigenous peoples are resilient peoples with deep traditional knowledge and scientific thought spanning millennia.
“Our children have a right to be cared for with love and raised to be strong and proud in their Culture”