Gapuwiyak-The Water Song-Jimmy Little Foundation

This song was written by the children in Gapuwiyak with Shellie Morris for the Jimmy little Foundation, to encourage everyone to drink more water because it is good for your kidneys. The song has been made to help aboriginal children understand the importance of drinking plenty of water to help prevent renal failure.

The Jimmy Little Thumbs Up! program is targeted to young people aged 5 to 16 in an effort to close the gap on Indigenous health where Aboriginal people are 12 times more likely to fall victim to diabetes than non-Indigneous Australians. During the workshop, new media is used to pass healthy lifestyle messages to students and community members. Language is used in many places as workshop participants create and record songs with the message Good Tucker leads to a Long Life. Videos are produced and given back to the community to keep the messages alive and hopefully stop so many Aboriginal Australians suffering from diabetes. Remember, Thumbs Up for healthy tucker!

GAPUWIYAK

The tribal and clan groups are Yirritja: Dhalwangu, Gupapuyngu, Munyuku, Gumatj, Rittarrngu, Madarrpa and Guyamirrilil. Dhuwa groups are: Marrangu, Djambarrpuyngu, Galpu, Djarrwarrk, Wakilak and Djapu. There are 14 homeland centres in the region.

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Music

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• Aboriginal music
• Indigenous music
• Jimmy Little Foundation
• Kidney health
• Gapuwiyak
• Aboriginal
• Australian aboriginal
• indigenous music
• Childrens song