Miralarringu – 'It Becomes Visible'. Launch of the Aboriginal Males Healing Centre 'Our Vision' Document. 26 October 2018
Newman's Aboriginal Males Healing Centre founder and chief executive Devon Cuimara called for greater investment in rehabilitation centres.
The Shire of East Pilbara spent last week embracing the NAIDOC Week theme Because of Her, We Can.
Although many might prefer to pretend that it never happened, Devon Cuimara readily offers up the fact that he was once a violent man.
Although many might prefer to pretend that it never happened, Devon Cuimara readily offers up the fact that he was once a violent man.
A remote community in Western Australia’s Pilbara would provide a men-free safe haven from family violence as part of an ambitious proposal to mend families and reduce the number of Aboriginal people in jails.
A 13.2ha site once earmarked for an East Pilbara transport and logistics hub will become home to a 28-bed facility with the first specialist counselling centre for Aboriginal perpetrators of family violence.
The Aboriginal Men’s Healing Centre in Newman has made its first step forward in securing land for the centre’s new domestic violence rehabilitation program.
CEO of the new Aboriginal Male’s Healing Centre who spoke at the White Ribbon event has dedicatedly been working towards it becoming a reality including negotiating with both the local, state and federal governments in order to secure partnerships and funding for the project.
There are plans to build the first specialist counselling centre for Indigenous perpetrators of domestic violence in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
DEVON Cuimara from Western Australia found a gap in domestic and family violence services.
He founded the Aboriginal and other males Healing Centre in Newman, Pilbara at the start of 2014.
Aboriginal Males National Peak Body for Family Violence. My vision to establish the Aboriginal Male’s Healing Centre comes from seeing violence in my own family and in the Aboriginal community in general. It goes back to my father and my grandfather.
Need pro bono construction or design skills? A chance encounter with an Australian, on a train in Europe, led Canadian engineer Margot Matthews to Perth where she enjoyed a stellar career in engineering, before recently deciding to combine her experience, knowledge, skills and values to help community groups realise their dreams.
The Regional Grants Scheme is a Royalties for Regions initiative that aims to improve the economic and community infrastructure and services in regional Western Australia. It is aimed at bigger projects that will help attract investment, increase job opportunities and assist in improving the quality of life in the regions.
The Aboriginal Male’s Healing Centre Strong Spirit Families Strong Culture (AMHC) plans to build the first specialist counselling centre for Indigenous perpetrators of domestic violence in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
A sad reality is that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are 34 times more likely to be hospitalised due to family violence when compared to other Australian women. And the rate is even higher in WA’s Pilbara region.
In May 2015 Aboriginal business leader and CEO of Kulbardi Office and Stationery Supplies, Kim Collard, established the Kulbardi Fund with the Fremantle Foundation.
Read the keynote address by The Honourable Wayne Martin AC Chief Justice of Western Australia
Sons of Fathers - Family Violence & Sexual Abuse Conference
29th – 30th November 2017Mia Mia Hotel Conference Room
Welsh & Kalgan Drive Newman Western Australia
Read the evaluation report for the 12th Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Prevention Forum
