Darwin, Australia

The pressure was on in Darwin...we had less than forty-eight hours to meet our goal of introducing Youth for Human Rights to the local indigenous community. It didn’t help that we arrived on a holiday and nearly everything in the city was closed! But, we managed to get in touch with some local leaders who set up a meeting for us at an aboriginal home. We were warmly welcomed and had the opportunity to engage in an intimate discussion with a community leader and several of his family and friends. It was a very special opportunity to be able to openly discuss issues in the indigenous Australian community with these people. They also loved our public service announcements and booklets and announced their support.

Youth for Human Rights International has worked with aboriginal Australian communities in the past, but never in this part of the country. Human rights issues have been a persistent problem in aboriginal Australia, so this is a group we are strongly interested in reaching. The contacts we made in Darwin will help to bring human rights education to people that really need it. This is something we're very excited about.

Here are a few photos from Darwin, as well as a short excerpt from a song by some street performers we met in the city.