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Yuwaya Ngarra-li Partnership
A long-term, community-led partnership with Dharriwaa Elders Group
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Challenge
Aboriginal people in Walgett, as in many communities, experience high rates of food and water insecurity, poverty and contact with the criminal justice system, along with poor housing, health, education and employment outcomes. Community-led solutions are urgently needed.
Solution
The partnership brings together the knowledge and strengths of the Dharriwaa Elders Group and the Aboriginal community in Walgett with UNSW staff and students with expertise in criminology, public health, engineering, housing and evaluation.
Led by the Elders’ vision for change and shared protocols, Yuwaya Ngarra-li is developing, implementing and evaluating scalable models that address social policy priorities, including improving youth wellbeing, food and water security, care for Country and Aboriginal community control.
Target customers / end-users
• Aboriginal people in Walgett
• Aboriginal communitycontrolled organisations and other community and placebased collaborators
• local, state and federal policymakers.
Progress
Yuwaya Ngarra-li has contributed to > 500 outcomes over the past five years, including:
• more than AU $ 500k fine debt cleared
• Dharriwaa Elders Group’ s Gali provided more than 29,000 litres of safe drinking water.
Research Project
Scaling impact
Multidisciplinary team
Housing & Connected Communities
Through Yuwaya Ngarra-li, the Dharriwaa Elders Group and UNSW work together to improve the wellbeing, environment and life pathways of Aboriginal people in Walgett by collaborating on evidence-based initiatives, multidisciplinary research and capacity building. The partnership is contributing to significant community, placebased and systemic outcomes.
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