Returning to country during COVID-19
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a not-for-profit organisation that works with partners to alleviate disadvantage – towards an Australia where all people and communities thrive.
They’ve featured Martu in their third blog, in a series sharing stories from SVA clients, partners and friends in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, to highlight people and organisations like KJ who are uniquely affected by the coronavirus crisis.
The article explores how desert communities are a refuge from coronavirus, how Martu are mobilising a locally-led response, as well as the work that still needs to be done for remote communities to become sustainable in their own right.
“Across the country, Australians are being advised – or ordered – to stay at home if they can.
In very remote parts of Australia, some Aboriginal people have been faced with a choice about where to base themselves during the pandemic lock down: whether in central towns with established medical services, or in very remote communities, homelands and outstations, with their families.
By moving quickly in the current context, governments could potentially exceed these benefits by supporting large numbers of Martu to stay, beyond the lockdown.” Read the full article here.
