Dameyon Bonson // ‘Culture’ is not going to bring down the Indigenous suicide rate | Dameyon Bonson | Opinion | The Guardian

27.11.18

‘Culture’ is not going to bring down the Indigenous suicide rate | Dameyon Bonson | Opinion | The Guardian: Having grown up in Darwin I am used to the “bush” and those initial years working out across the Kimberley was what my work/life balance had been missing. I was employed in the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector, specifically in suicide prevention. Working in the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector and out bush is one the most empowering vocations of my career. It is also where I learned the most.

My suicide prevention role encompassed spending months on the road visiting five identified townships, and their surrounding communities. Each township was allocated two to three months to undertake as many conversations as needed to formulate localised Aboriginal suicide prevention community action plans.