This month we are excited to feature the Bunyarabugalma Youth app. Following our celebration of NAIDOC week we are taking a closer took at this SEWB app developed with and by young Indigenous People to strengthen wellbeing.
About Bunyarabugalma Youth
Bunyarabugalma Youth is a free app developed by Indigenous people on Bundjalung Country (Murwillumbah and Tweed) for young First Nations People. The app aims to support young people to transmute emotions by matching them to elements within Country, helping to transform negative emotion and celebrate positive emotion.
What does the Bunyarabugalma Youth app offer?
The Bunyarabugalma Youth app includes useful tools including:
- Guided mindfulness videos
- Affirmations
- Breathing and movement activities
- Links to mental wellbeing help and supports
Who is Bunyarabugalma Youth for?
Bunyarabugalma Youth is designed for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged between 12 and 25 years who want to strengthen their emotional wellbeing.
How can Health Practitioners use Bunyarabugalma Youth?
Health Practitioners can use the Bunyarabugalma Youth app as a culturally informed wellbeing resource to support young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people between appointments. The app can complement existing care by providing accessible, self-guided activities that promote emotional wellbeing, mindfulness, and connection to Country. It may also help facilitate conversations about social and emotional wellbeing in a way that is relevant and engaging for young people.
For non-Indigenous practitioners, Bunyarabugalma Youth can provide insight into strengths-based, culturally grounded approaches to wellbeing, supporting more culturally responsive practice.
Is there a cost to use the Bunyarabugalma Youth app?
The Bunyarabugalma Youth app is free to download and access at any time.
How to access Bunyarabugalma Youth
Bunyarabugalma is available for download on Apple and Android devices.
It can be accessed on the Apple App Store at https://apps.apple.com/au/app/bunyarabugalma-youth/id6472630030 or Google Play at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bunyarabugalmayouth
Bunyarabugalma Youth Development
The Bunyarabugalma Youth app was developed through a collaborative, community-led process on Bundjalung Country. The Bunyarabugalma Youth project brought together young people, creative mentors, elders, health, community workers and the Bunyarabugalma Project Team to create a healing resource for young people, by young people.
Part of the broader Bunyarabugalma initiative coordinated by the Murwillumbah Community Centre’s Indigenous Programs Coordinator, the app is grounded in Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing. Through creative engagement and shared knowledge, young people played a central role in shaping the app’s content, ensuring it reflects their experiences, strengths, and connections to Country, culture, and community.
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