Lyfe Languages is a registered charity with the ACNC and has Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 status.
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Lyfe Languages is aiming to transform healthcareQantas Travel Insiderhttps://www.qantas.com/travelinsider/en/business/lyfe-languages.htmlAugust 31, 2025How co-founder Dr Yarlalu Thomas and the team use a digital platform to keep Indigenous languages strong while improving communication in healthcare.MediaRead the story1It's important to capture this knowledge before it's lost.Dr Yarlalu Thomas, Director and Co-founder
Indigenous-led precision public health: a new starting pointFrontiers in Public Healthhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1427246/fullAugust 29, 2024A peer-reviewed article describing Lyfe Languages as a community-driven tool that empowers Indigenous languages in healthcare, with translations curated by Elders.ResearchRead the articlePeer-reviewed
Lyfe Languages steps up to the challengeKing Edward Memorial Hospitalhttps://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/News/2023/07/21/Lyfe-LanguagesJuly 21, 2023Lyfe Languages named a finalist in Western Australia's Pilbara Health Challenge for its work translating medical terms into Aboriginal languages.Recognition and supportRead the story
Research Spotlight: Lyfe LanguagesWomen and Infants Research Foundationhttps://wirf.com.au/about-us/news-and-events/news/research-spotlight-lyfe-languages/June 26, 2023WIRF profiles Lyfe Languages and its work translating medical terminology into traditional languages with Indigenous communities.ResearchRead the article
Lyfe Languages: healthy cultures, healthy peopleStan Perron Charitable Foundationhttps://www.perronfoundation.org.au/our-beneficiaries-feed/lyfe-languages-healthy-cultures-healthy-peopleAugust 5, 2022The Foundation on why it supports translating medical terminology into Aboriginal languages to improve health outcomes.Recognition and supportRead the story
For Australia's Indigenous communities, preserving their languages is a matter of life and deathWorld Economic Forumhttps://www.weforum.org/stories/2022/07/for-australia-s-indigenous-communities-preserving-their-languages-is-a-matter-of-life-and-death/July 26, 2022How Lyfe Languages translates complex medical terms into Indigenous languages to improve healthcare access and outcomes.MediaRead the story
Lyfe Languages is helping translate medical terms into languageABC Radio National, Awaye!https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/lyfe-languages-is-helping-translate-medical-terms-into-language/12583106August 22, 2020How health professionals and language speakers in Western Australia work together to translate medical terms for regional and remote healthcare.MediaListen
The Lyfe Languages Champions giving back to Aboriginal communitiesProject Yhttps://www.projecty.info/news_article/the-lyfe-languages-champions-giving-back-to-aboriginal-communities/Project Y profiles the young Language Champions translating health information for their own communities.Recognition and supportRead the story
Lyfe Languages: Universal Medical Translator now availableInternational Rare Diseases Research Consortiumhttps://irdirc.org/lyfe-languages-universal-medical-translator-now-available/IRDiRC on the launch of the Lyfe Languages platform, which helps Language Champions translate medical terms into Indigenous languages.Recognition and supportRead the story
Lyfe Languages translating complex medical terms into Indigenous languagesNews24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ14SB8VZwkA short news report on how Lyfe Languages works with language speakers to bring medical terms into Indigenous languages.MediaWatchVideoGJ14SB8VZwk
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Lyfe Languages is an Aboriginal-led, youth-driven Australian charity that translates medical terms and health information into Aboriginal and Indigenous languages. Co-designed with Pilbara communities, it works with young Language Champions, Elders, health services and researchers so patients, families and health workers can understand each other. Lyfe Languages Ltd is a registered charity with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 status.