What we Do
Our mission is to walk alongside Traditional Owners, Custodians and communities living on sandalwood lands to strengthen their regenerative economies and build culturally strong, viable futures for communities.
Healthy country
Working with Traditional Owners and custodians to build regenerative economies through contemporary and traditional land management practices.
FOCUS AREAS:
Skills in land management
TEK knowledge transfer
Regenerative sandalwood enterprise support
Aboriginal led land management sector
Whole community employment pathways
Strong Communities
Empowering sandalwood communities to protect culture, build resilience, and lead their own futures.
FOCUS AREAS:
Youth mentorship and Custodian succession
Martu led cultural centre in Wiluna
Community led enterprises and programs
Cultural pride and global visibility
Culturally strong futures for generations to come
OUR SERVICE DELIVERY PILLARS
We fund, coordinate and support our program partners in the following key areas:
We fund sandalwood regeneration, restoration and conservation initiatives on sandalwood lands under Aboriginal Management. We build long-term funding partnerships to support existing and emerging Aboriginal entities, who are Custodians of Sandalwood Country, to reach their healthy sandalwood objectives.
OUTCOMES WE WORK TOWARDS:
Sandalwood Country: Australian Sandalwood is regenerated, restored and protected by its Custodians, Traditional Owners and communities.
Culture: Custodians, Traditional Owners and communities on sandalwood country have the confidence, expertise and knowledge in sandalwood ecology, both traditional and contemporary methods and practices.
Resourcing Sandalwood Regeneration under Aboriginal Management
Resourcing Aboriginal-led Country, Culture & Community Goals
Resourcing and Supporting Aboriginal-led Capability Goals
We fund existing and emerging Aboriginal entities, who are Custodians of Sandalwood Country, to reach their Country, Cultural and Community objectives.
OUTCOMES WE WORK TOWARDS:
Sandalwood Country: Traditional Owners are empowered to restore, regenerate and manage their sandalwood Country leveraging their traditional knowledge and land management practices
Culture: Traditional Owners are enabled to lead community-led development goals that foster community development and unity.
Community: Traditional Owners are enabled to strengthen their cultural leadership and transfer cultural knowledge on to future Custodians.
We support the development and capability goals
of Custodians of Sandalwood in WA covering the
three main areas of knowledge, skills, and access
to resources.
OUTCOMES WE WORK TOWARDS:
Knowledge: Traditional Owners have the confidence, expertise and knowledge to reach their Country, Community and Culture goals.
Skills: Communities have the skills and structural support needed to reach their Country, Community and Cultural aspirations.
Resources: Communities have sufficient funds with appropriate funding mechanisms in place to carry out their Country, Community and Cultural programs.
MAKE AN IMPACT
100% of your donation contributes directly to our programs within the sandalwood communities.
