Canberra Health Services has launched a healing program to give children and families the chance to hear the spiritual sounds of the didgeridoo.
According to Our CBR children and families visiting the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children will have the chance to see local didgeridoo performer, Wiradjuri man, Roy Peterson play the instrument every second Monday.
Chief Executive of the Canberra Hospital Foundation (CHF), Helen Falla said a donation from former Executive Director of Women, Youth and Children at Canberra Health Services, Tina Bracher made the performances possible and was one of the “most beautiful additions” to the therapeutic program funded by the CHF.
“What a great sound the didgeridoo is,” Ms Bracher said.
“This donation is to offer my acknowledgment to the Ngunnawal people locally, and Indigenous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture more broadly,” she said.
Ms Bracher said she hoped that hearing the didgeridoo in the corridors of the hospital, would help people heal physically, emotionally and spiritually.
Ms Falla said the sounds of the didgeridoo were renowned for their healing effects and the the instrument would be a “fascinating distraction” for the hospital’s young patients.
Our CBR said the program would run fortnightly for the next six months.
