Indigenous Festivals
RAHMS participates in various Indigenous Festivals through the calendar year. Our members, along with others from rural health clubs around Australia present healthy lifestyles/health careers workshops and presentations to Indigenous children all throughout Australia. RAHMS participates in the festivals alongside other rural health clubs under the banner of the National Rural health Students’ Network (NRHSN).
What do we do?
RAHMS members present varying workshops according to which festival they are participating in. Such acitivities include health education with Gutsy Gus (an anatomical manequin); the healthy food relay; the sugar man; a scrubs race and health careers workshops.
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Festival Dates 2009:
- Vibe Alive - Coonamble, 27-28 May 2009
- Wakakirri - Broken Hill, 26 June 2009
- Deadly Days - Kingscliff, 1-2 September 2009
- Deadly Days - Grafton, 2-3 September 2009
- Deadly Days - Port Macquarie, 3-4 september
If you wish to be involved with any of these festivals, email 
Wakakirri Festivals
Deadly Days
Vibe Alive
For more info, check out student experiences below:
“With kids ranging from Kindy to Year 7, we ran four stations: sugar man, relays, sphygmos & steths and anatomy. It was an exhausting but rewarding day. Talking to a young girl who was adamant she was going to become a midwife when she grew up and knew how to go about it was inspiring. It was good to be able to change some preconceptions the kids had on school and university, such as the different pathways they could go through such as TAFE, university prep and indigenous stream programs. It was a wonderful opportunity to listen to the kids knowledge and hopes for the future.”- Maria Bernardi (Med II)
See other reports here:
Bloomfield River Region Wakakirri Festival (Wujal Wujal) | more
Broken Hill | more