BBraun is a big company with a big heart. As one of the world’s largest medical technology companies, they are committed to improving patients’ lives through improving therapies, reducing risks to patients and making healthcare processes more effective and efficient. Operating in many countries, they are passionate about uplifting the communities in which they work and their partnership with SCHF, particularly their support of the extension of the Ngala Nanga Mai program, fulfils just that.
The Ngala Nanga Mai pARenT Program aims to improve the health of young Aboriginal parents and their children by providing a supportive educational environment, practical health education and parenting skills, access to transport and childcare and an innovative art program.
The Program uses art to engage with young parents and promote self awareness and confidence through creative expression. Current participants and their children attend twice-weekly art sessions at the La Perouse Aboriginal Community Health Centre.
BBraun are committed to extending this service, and their support is assisting with the scoping and research of extending this program further into other areas within Sydney, enabling more parents and children to benefit.
This commitment aligns with BBraun’s ethos of imparting knowledge, promoting the regions in which they operate, and improving prospects for future generations.
“Operating in Australia, we respect diversity of this country, and we are committed to removing social disproportion,” says Magda Bennett, BBraun’s Communications Manager. “For us, social responsibility includes facilitating access to healthcare and empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Ngala Nanga Mai program, that aims to improve health of young Aboriginal parents and their children, perfectly aligns with our philanthropic activities.”
These Philanthropic activities fit under the umbrella of the "B. Braun for Children" program, which, in 2021, saw 108 projects implemented worldwide, benefiting around 80,000 children.
As for BBraun’s connection with the SCHF, this goes back almost three decades and has been extremely varied, extending beyond greatly-needed financial support and into actively improving the experience of sick kids in hospital. BBraun staff gave out 500 helium balloons to children on Halloween, they participate in fundraising events and even had a team member’s dance troupe perform for the children.
BBraun is an organisation truly committed to uplifting kids’ health, and, through their support of Ngala Nanga Mai, an organisation equally committed to addressing ongoing inequities in social and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children.
Thank you, BBraun, for going all in for kids’ health!
This National Reconciliation Week between 27 May and 3 June, we’re asking you to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families by making a tax-deductible donation. Money raised will go directly towards vital projects identified by the Aboriginal Health Unit.
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