‘No one is left behind’: Isaiah Dawe acts for change after four generations of trauma

Indigenous man launches ID Know Yourself, a mentoring program for Aboriginal children in out-of-home care

When Isaiah Dawe was 18, his definition of success was “just to be alive”.

Dawe, a Butchulla and Garawa saltwater Murri man, was taken into the child protection system when he was two months old and came out when he turned 18. In that time, he suffered abuse, lost all contact with his extended family and was bounced through 17 different foster homes in country towns across New South Wales.

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