Local charity The Sisterhood Project is spreading its reach to reduce preventable childhood deaths through first aid training for parents and carers.
The Sisterhood Project has partnered with Jenny’s Early Learning Centre to expand training access in the Geelong and Ballarat regions.
The partnership will see accredited first aid providers help train educators at Jenny’s ELC centres. The revenue generated from this training will then be reinvested to fund infant and child first aid training for parents and carers in need within the local communities.
“This is our first official partnership at The Sisterhood Project, and we’re incredibly excited to create this sustainable model,” said Grace Larson, paediatric intensive care nurse and co-founder of The Sisterhood Project.
“This partnership not only ensures Jenny’s ELC educators receive essential training but also directly benefits the families they serve by providing access to potentially life-saving skills.”
The Sisterhood Project has a proven impact on parents and carers confidence to manage their children’s health emergencies.
Courses cover vital topics including accident prevention, baby and child CPR, choking and burns first aid, and many more common childhood injuries or illnesses.
Jenny’s ELC has eight childcare locations across Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo and supports hundreds of families throughout regional Victoria. They are enthusiastic about empowering their families with this critical knowledge.
The Sisterhood Project and Jenny’s ELC share a philosophy to empower parents and carers to have the right tools and knowledge in an emergency, no matter their location, financial situation or cultural background.
Sisters Grace and Skye founded The Sisterhood Project with a mission to make life-saving skills accessible to everyone.
The charity focuses on delivering free and accessible training in regions where preventable childhood deaths are highest, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, low socio-economic areas, rural and remote communities, and linguistically diverse communities.
