Cousins fostering resilience, one per cent at a time

One Per Cent program co-founder Dante Rodrigues speaks at the Indigenous Suicide Prevention Forum. (HANDOUT/AVENTEDGE EVENTS)

Dante Rodrigues was tired of seeing young men fall through the "holes in the system", noticing his peers go down a "wrong path" or not having anywhere to turn to for support.

The 23-year-old and his cousin Jahdai Vigona took matters into their own hands by getting a few mates together armed with boxing gloves and pads at a local park in Darwin.