Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being

Creative counselling skills training cards: Connecting concepts and practice for Papua New Guinean counsellors

3 - Good Health and Well-Being

The research I led into counselling provision in Papua New Guinea has positively changed the way counselling is practiced in a country that has never had a greater need for skilled and knowledgeable counselling practitioners. Finding that PNG ‘barefoot counsellors’ lacked the basic knowledge and skills needed for effective counselling,… Read More

Logan Eco-Action Festival (LEAF)

13 - Climate Action

Staff and student volunteers worked together to organise activities for the public (particulary families with school aged children) at the annual Logan Eco-Action Festival. The activities were to raise awareness about the natural environment, the vital role it plays in human health and what people can do to be more… Read More

How organisations engage with the SDGs: A case study on Family Planning NSW International

3 - Good Health and Well-Being

I am undertaking my internship with Family Planning New South Wales International (hereafter FPNSW International), a non-government organisation (NGO) that delivers sexual and reproductive health and rights-based programs to Pacific-island nations. FPNSW International has three key program areas: cervical cancer screening program (health focussed), comprehensive sexuality education program (education… Read More