PHOTO: MPREC staff Sam Conn, John Lewis, Lindsay Kennedy, Trish Butler and David Jones pictured with Bree Slattery. (This is a 2018 news story)
There is ample evidence that drumming and African drumming in particular, can help young people regulate their emotions.
According to Youth Caseworker at the Murdi Paaki Youth Service, Trish Butler, this is the reason she and John (Tiny) Lewis had been wanting to get African drumming going in Coonamble for a few years.
“We have quite a few young people who need to . . .
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