Youth Education
Nunga community celebration
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n 11 March, Hepatitis SA spent the day at the Southern Region Nunga Tag Carnival at the South Adelaide Football Club (Panthers) in Noarlunga Downs. This community event celebrates cultural unity and provides positive experiences for young people. The day commenced with the community volunteers setting up their stalls and giving an introduction to the school kids about the day. When the tag games commenced the children who weren’t playing at that time were able to walk through the stalls, talk to people, pick up goodies and do some activities. There were many stalls from different organisations, including education, health, awareness and more. A number of the stalls had different activities for the children to engage in from art and crafts to games to quizzes.
draw to win a gift card. There was also a henna tattoo artist who attracted a lot of attention from the children. This created a great opportunity to talk to and educate the children on hepatitis C while they waited in line to get their tattoos. We knew the day was successful when we had children who came back to receive another tattoo who were able to remember the information that they had learnt from us earlier in the day. We want to thank Southern Region Nunga Tag for such a positive experience, and for having us be involved in the day, and we hope to be able to attend any future events. v
The Hepatitis SA stall had a short quiz about hepatitis C for the children to complete, going into a
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HEPATITIS SA COMMUNITY NEWS 85 • April 2020
