Social Ventures Australia reflects on Martu’s experiences and feelings about KJ’s impact on Martu communities over the past 10 years.

Between late February and early March, over forty Martu Leadership Program (MLP) participants from all communities were involved in a suite of activities in Newman and Perth. This work continues to develop the capacity of the MLP participants to work confidently within the mainstream world and promote Martu aspirations.

A number of day and overnight trips have occurred with over twenty Martu from Jigalong engaging in the program. Martu have also been involved in a number of workshops at the BHP Shed in community: brainstorming how they want the program to run.

Participants of the Martu Leadership Program (MLP) came together at Roy Hill. One senior elder commented “For me now, I’m really proud of all you leadership mob, we’ve struggled through our life and we try to find a way to solve these problems. But you can’t do it alone. We need that one voice to push it along — let’s work together and let’s see what good comes out.”