Willowra community are very excited about the new Aged Care Centre being built in their community. Aged care and disability services in  Willowra are delivered by the Central Desert Regional Council currently providing social activities and meal hampers. The building...

Yirara College in Alice Springs has installed a truck simulator in the classroom in the hope that students would gain experience and help them land their first job upon graduation.The College’s Director of teaching and learning, Gregory Miller, said the machine has...

Waltja travelled to Engawala and Mount Liebig in support of the Kapaliku Ngurra Yirrintinguru project. The aim of the project is to support the transfer of Arrernte and Pintubi-Luritja culture and language and engage younger women in the transmission of traditional...

WYDAC (Warlpiri Youth Development Aboriginal Corporation) are excited for Willowra’s new Youth Centre being built, thanks to the funding provided by GMAAAC and ABA. The community members of Willowra are very thrilled for the new Youth Centre. Having a larger Youth...

Willowra Youth Program. Willowra Youth Program has seen many great activities happening over the last couple of months. We have seen some big bush trips taking place with hunting for bush tucker, cooking kangaroo tails and the elders telling Warlpiri story. We have...

Community Liaison Officers are the people who help parents, guardians, carers and community members in their interaction with Yirara College.                The Community Liaison Officer provides help with the following: assistance to enrol a student at Yirara College...

Waltja workers Veronica James and Allan O’Dea went out to Willowra for a week. They met up with Lillian Long, Lilly Long, Kaye Williams, Lucy Martin. The women decided they wanted to go digging for bush onions, so they planned a trip out bush from Willowra. Veronica...

Kurt Noble is the coordinator in the Mediation and Justice for the Central Desert Regional council based in Willowra for the next 12 months to mediate with any conflicts which may arise in the community. He has worked in a lot with government bodies like corrections,...

Your clinic will refer you to the Tobacco Action workers. The Tobacco Action workers will give you more information about:  - Advice on what smoke can do you your body - NRT – Nicotine Replacement Therapy - Second & third hand smoking - One on one counselling  -...

David, who is the Health Centre manager at Titjikala community clinic, has worked in Titjikala for the past 4 years which is a short time compared to Sophia Conway who has worked there for over 25 years.  David has worked in the indigenous health area for a long time...

Suicide Story is a culturally safe, suicide prevention program developed with and for remote Aboriginal communities of the Northern Territory.  The program is a three-day workshop, grounded in the practices of ‘both-ways’ learning and comprised of story-telling, group...

My name is Zac. I graduated from Clontarf Aboriginal College in 2016. Since leaving school, I helped with other programs like - RSAS, Waltja and Youth Program. I really enjoy working with youth and being a good role model for them. When I was a young man, I dreamed of...

Thirty-nine new youth outreach workers will be seen out and about from this week in their new roles supporting young Territorians and their communities. The Youth Outreach and Re-engagement Officers (YOREOs) began their youth support roles after graduation ceremonies...

Catherine Satour started singing when she was about 9 years old, having music in her blood from her father Bunna Lawrie from the local band Coloured Stone. Catherine is an Arrernte and Mirning woman who lives in Alice Springs. Her music is a mix of rock and soul and...

Waltja has different programs to help strengthen families, such as Family Mental Health, Emergency Relief when families are in crisis, and programs to support young people and people with disabilities. Waltja has another program this year to help reduce violence...

Aputula is a small remote Indigenous community in the Northern Territory. It is 317 kms south of Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway and 159 km east of the Kulgera Roadhouse, near the South Australia and Northern Territory borders. The community, which was called...

Lynette Napangardi Tasman is a Warlpiri Community Leader, Mother and Grandmother, and the Associate Pastor of the Lajamanu Baptist Church. She has also been a leader in the Channels of Hope for Gender Project supported by World Vision Australia in Lajamanu since early...

  Purple House was created 15 years ago with a goal to help Indigenous people with Dialysis. The money to open Purple House was raised by aboriginal people and was the first bush dialysis service in Australia. Since opening they have had funding from the government to...

Lenny, Charles and Tim were invited by the Santa Teresa Rangers on a country visit to Ambalindum Outstation with some of the youth and elders of the community. Lenny tells this story; Arriving at Ltyentye Apurta, Charles introduced me to some workers and residents and...

Waltja decided to take on a huge new challenge to help in emergencies. Answering the need for blankets in subzero winter nights, we sourced a supplier in China who would provide good quality large blankets at a reasonable price. The blankets were made especially for...

Welcome to Edition 63.  Thank you to the media team and staff for this great issue. Our media team are now traveling bush so please talk with them about getting your stories and photos into the next Family News. Waltja held two highly successful Indigenous Women’s...