QGC BRINGS TELEHEALTH TO REGIONS
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO
GET FORTESCUE FUNDING
Now in its sixth year, the
Fortescue Community
Support program has helped
not-for-profit organisations.
LOCAL COMMUNITY
ORGANISATIONS
within Port Hedland,
east Pilbara and the Tom Price are in
the running to receive funding of up to
$5,000 each through the latest Fortescue
Community Support program.
Now in its sixth year, the Fortescue
Community Support program has
helped not-for-profit organisations
and community groups fund beneficial
programs, activities and events. It
focuses on initiatives that embrace
and support education and training,
Indigenous engagement, health and
wellness, community safety, community
involvement, economic development and
environmental responsibility.
Recently, the program provided
much-needed funding to help launch
junior cricket in Port Hedland. Budding
cricketers were lucky to learn from
Australian cricketer Shaun Marsh at the
Port Hedland Junior Cricket Association’s
‘Have a Try’ night.
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FAMILIES IN QUEENSLAND’S
Western
Downs will have better access to specialist
medical care after the expansion of a
‘telehealth’ service supported by QGC
and The University of Queensland.
The services ensure patients visiting
participating medical centres can
consult medical practitioners by video-
conference and webcast technology
rather than travel hundreds of
kilometres for specialist appointments in
Toowoomba or Brisbane.
The expansion to Tara and Wandoan
builds on the establishment of the
Health-e-Regions service in Miles, Dalby
and Chinchilla during the past year. In the
next year QGC will invest $516,000, in
addition to the $1.3 million contributed
to establish and run the initial, two-year
pilot phase of the project.
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MMG HELPS CONGO TEACHERS SEE BRIGHTER FUTURE
32 TEACHERS AND
school
administrators can thank their
improved vision on a partnership
between MMG and the Waza Alliance
for Quality Education.
MMG supported the Waza Alliance
to conduct vision screenings and
issue free glasses for 61 teachers and
administrators at primary schools near
its copper mine Kinsevere, located in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
To encourage teacher engagement
and improve learning outcomes, MMG
also worked with the Waza Alliance and
local education authorities to conduct
teacher training at target schools.
The Waza Alliance is a US-based non-
government organisation which aims to
improve the lives of children in the DRC
through quality education.
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QGC has invested
in critical health
technology for regional
communities
Teachers near
MMG’s Kinsevere
mine receive free
vision screening
Fortescue
funding helped
launch junior
cricket in Port
Hedland
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PEOPLE
SUMMER 2014-15
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