Tjukurla Kids on the airwaves!
Students from the remote Western Australia desert community of Tjukurla have recently hit the airwaves thanks to ABC Classic FM Breakfast show playing the songs they wrote with Music Outback. Many requests have come in from listeners eager to hear these songs again so we've posted them below. If you like what you hear, please support music based education at remote communities like Tjukurla by making a donation to Music Outback Foundation below. You can also hear more music from other remote communities by clicking on the "MUSIC" link in the main menu.
"Happy Learning at School"
(Callum Mitchell)
!!! MOBFEST 2010 !!!
The joy on the faces of these junior students from Laramba community in the NT says it all.
Mobfest Tanami 2010 was a big hit with all the Central Australian schools that took part. Over 3 days and nights at Ti Tree NT north of Alice Springs, students of all ages enjoyed workshops, concerts and a traditional culture program delivered by their own community elders.
A video tour around the festival can be viewed below, and photo galleries will be posted here soon.
Facebook users can already see the latest photos on our Facebook page by clicking here.... 
Visit earlier MOBFEST photo galleries
MOBFEST Tanami is a Community Festival for Education Engagement,
proudly supported by the Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations
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Welcome to the Music Outback Foundation
Music Outback Foundation Limited is a non-profit Deductible Gift Recipient charity dedicated to the use of music and related art forms as a means of improving outcomes on remote Indigenous communities.
Why music in remote Indigenous Australia?
Australian Indigenous people are faced with the fragmentation of their culture at a rate unprecedented in modern times, with disturbingly low outcomes in health, education, employment, and other community indicators. In response, through careful development of its programs over six years, Music Outback has shown that music can be a powerful and effective multi-faceted vehicle for the reconnection of Indigenous people to their own cultural expression. At the same time, music can effectively address serious needs in areas such as education, health, language preservation, and remote Indigenous employment.
Music Outback Foundation programs have been designed to:
* Develop the use of music in remote isolated schools as a means of improving general education outcomes
* Assist in the preservation of threatened languages and culture through the engagement of older community members in first language song writing
* Engage school age Indigenous youth who don't attend school in creative activities that promote healthy lifestyle choices
* Strengthen the roles of community adults in the mentoring and leading of young people in education and cultural expression
* Involve various agencies on Indigenous communitites in activities that build partnerships and cross-agency cooperation across the communityTo see video of the remote schools program in action, CLICK HERE
Music Outback Foundation is currently seeking philanthropic, corporate, government, and public sponsorship to enable us to continue our programs
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