Beautiful Shawl Project at Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative
Get your breasts checked with the Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative 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 40. 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 Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative, with appointments available from 28th-31st July. 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 Gunditjmara Aboriginal Cooperative on (03) 5559 1234 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will receive a FREE beautiful shawl to use during the screening that they can keep afterwards.The artwork on this beautiful shawl was designed by the talented Yorta Yorta artist living on Gunditjamara Country, Belinda Payne. “Connection to family Connection to country Connection to culture Connection to community Connections to family, country, culture, and community are important to help encourage breast screenings. Wrapped in connection will help Aboriginal women feel comfortable breast screening.”
