Feed the Little Children evaluative research report

• Main Authors: Wooltorton, Sandra, Poelina, Anne, Poelina, Vanessa, Guenther, John, Perdrisat, Ian
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ResearchOnline@ND 2022
• Subjects: Feed the Little Children Broome; Australian aboriginals; Kimberley; Indigenous people; First Nations people; food program; Community-Based Research; Food Studies; Indigenous Studies; Broome; First Nations
• Online Access: https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/nulungu_reports/4

The purpose of the report is to investigate the social, cultural and health impacts on Broome children and families who are supported through Feed the Little Children Inc. (FTLC) bi-weekly food relief program, and to try to determine what the optimum level of support should be. Researchers have taken an Indigenist research approach, which means that Aboriginal ways, values and goals support research implementation. The research framework focused on the lived experience of the FTLC users and data was collected via conversations with FTLC users’ aunties, grandparents, and long-term Broome residents. The report concludes that Broome children would benefit from a community focus grounded in cultural security for their food provision.