BHP’s partnership with Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa

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BHP’s partnership with Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa (KJ), the Martu organisation, provides social, cultural and environmental programs to conserve and protect Martu culture, land and heritage. It has generated significant employment opportunities for Martu, primarily through a ranger program. BHP also supports the Martumili artists group, based in the East Pilbara Arts Centre in Newman, Western Australia. The Martulu-Palyalu Partnership is one of BHP’s longest-running community partnerships. Martu Elder Thelma Judson was asked what this partnership has meant to her.

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