Current Projects
These are our major projects

Reconnect - Supporting youth and their families and communities.

Youth Programs - Establishing services and programs on remote communities.

Commonwealth Carelink Centre - Phone 1800 052 222 for aged and disability information and referral service.

Aged and Disability Services - Quality of life for the elderly, people with a disability and their carers.

Disability Coordination Officer Programme - Enhancing post-secondary education,
training and employment opportunities for people with a disability.

Early Childhood - Establishing community based child care services and trained workers.

Child Rearing Practices - Culturally appropriate and innovative services for Anangu children.

Training - Waltja is a registered training organisation providing a range of short and long term training, apprenticeships, assessments and workshops.

Ngurra Ninti (Living Skills) - Waltja’s ‘Ngurra Ninti’ (clever for housing) Living Skills project is a community development and training project.

Mangarri Palya - The Mangarri Palya project focused upon a critical local health issue for Central Australia: the need for improved knowledge and practices of nutrition and healthy cooking in order to improve the health status of Aboriginal people living in remote communities.

We Know Our Strengths - Suicide Prevention project in partnership with the Mental Health Association of Central Australia.

Cultural - language and culture are renewed and strengthened through numerous projects.

Consultancy - with communities, for government across borders and departments. Waltja has an enviable reputation for its quality consultative processes.

Resource Development - to fill the void with culturally appropriate resources, training tools, research and documentaries.

Men's Projects - A range of programs supporting health and well being, and working across generations of men to record life stories.

Administration - sponsors for community based projects and non-government organisations.

Nintiringtjaku Work - Nintiringtjaku is paid casual work for senior Aboriginal people who facilitate training or research events on their communities.

Minmaku Waltja/WAVE Women Leaders Project - This project recognises the leadership of Aboriginal women who have worked to set up children and youth services in their communities.

Kulini- Waltja Kulini Projects 2005 to 2008

Community Guide : Aboriginal Knowledge and Intellectual Property Protocol - This is a plain English guide to the rules and ethics for researchers. It shows how Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people can work together to do research. Waltja members Isobel Nampitjinpa Gorey, Topsy Dixon and Margaret Orr, with Peter Kenny from Mbwelarre worked with Desert Knowledge CRC to make the words and paintings in this guide.

Waltja and WAVE project 2009-2010: Ulkmantjuta Ukarratjuta Together for learning. Waltja and WAVE women learning and talking up about training.

Past Projects
Healthy Lifestyles - Health and well-being for babies and young children

 

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