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Beautiful Shawl Project at Njernda Aboriginal Corporation

Get your breasts checked with Njernda Aboriginal Corporation and BreastScreen Victoria. Get your breasts checked and protect yourself against breast cancer. Put your health centre stage by getting a free breast screen every two years from age 50. Regular breast screens are the best way to find breast cancer early and when treatment is most likely to be successful. The BreastScreen Victoria mobile screening van will be onsite at Njernda, with appointments available from 11th-14th March. Your free breast screen will be done in a culturally safe environment with a female radiographer and will only take 10 minutes. For more information contact Njernda Aboriginal Corporation on (03) 5480 6252. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will receive a FREE beautiful shawl (below) to use during the screening that they can keep afterwards.The artwork on this beautiful shawl ‘Dunguludja Mulana (Strong Spirit)’ designed by the talented Yorta Yorta, Wemba Wemba, Mutti Mutti and Wiradjuri artist, Alkina Edwards. “This artwork represents women empowerment, resilience and strong spirits. Within the background I have placed symbols that represent our beautiful countries and women gatherings. Showing the physical and spiritual connection we have with the land and each other. At the front of the design I […]