IUIH partner with Foodbank
ANFPP client mum Kaytana and her six-month-old son.
Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
partner with Foodbank
Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) South in Goodna, Ipswich is working with
Foodbank to provide vital support services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
IUIH Nurse Supervisor Rebecca Edwards said emergency food relief, in the form of food hampers, is part of the ‘wrap around’ service they provide to families seeking support.
“By helping reduce the immediate worry of getting food on the table, we are able to free up space to work with families towards their other goals,” says Rebecca.
“One of our key principles in our program is self-efficacy, so in conjunction with providing food hampers, we also empower our families with nutritional and cooking education, budgeting, and meal planning,” she says.
Through their emergency food relief program, IUIH receives food from Foodbank to primarily support first-time mums having Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander babies.
"Our families access varying levels of support depending on their needs, including financial, social and housing support.”
Bec Edwards, ANFPP Nurse Supervisor of IUIH South and a Food bank representative.
Kaytana and her family recently received a hamper. She says she and her partner both lost their jobs during COVID-19, and with her partner being unable to access Government support, they have been struggling to afford life’s essentials ever since.
Kaytana was delighted to be receiving a hamper filled with food and groceries, including rice, pasta, sauces, canned vegetables, cereal, milk, personal care items and baby products.
“The Foodbank hampers help me so much,” she says.
(Thank you to Foodbank for allowing ANFPP to use this story, which originally appeared on their
website).
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