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David Wirrpanda Foundation – Dare to Dream

In 2011 we entered into a partnership with the David Wirrpanda Foundation to sponsor their Dare to Dream mentoring program for girls. We are supporting the program in three key regional areas in Western Australia where Water Corporation operates; Albany, Kalgoorlie and Karratha.

The Dare to Dream regional program is designed for at-risk or disengaged female students; specifically Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls aged 12-17.

The program aims to inspire and create opportunities for Aboriginal females to reach their full potential as young women in our community, through educating and empowering the girls to make positive lifestyle choices and lead a healthy life.

	More information on Dare to Dream

Clontarf Foundation

Our sponsorship of the Clontarf Foundation supports our commitment to the employment of Aboriginal Australians and developing sustainable, mutually beneficial relationships with Aboriginal communities and people.

The Clontarf Foundation uses the passion many Aboriginal boys have for football to attract them to school, but is not a sporting program. The foundation improves the education, discipline, self esteem, life skills and employment prospects of young Aboriginal men so they can participate more meaningfully in society.

Established in 1999, the Clontarf Foundation has grown to include 45 schools and over 2,500 participants in metropolitan, rural and remote Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

Our support has enabled the Clontarf Foundation to continue to deliver its programs in Western Australia, successfully engaging young Aboriginal men in school, work experience, traineeships and permanent employment with the Water Corporation. We currently have eight graduates working with us.

	More information on the Clontarf Foundation

Ardyaloon Aboriginal Community Programs

In 2007, the community initiated a project to provide a regulation size, irrigated oval for Australian Rules Football. Once completed, the oval will not only be a home base for local teams but will also provide a facility to host visiting teams and a range of community and regional events for the Aboriginal Communities on the Dampier Penninsula.

The development of the new oval is advanced and has been project managed by the community.  Over 80 % of project works are now complete:

• Bore water allocation and licence obtained
• New Production bore installed
• Regraded and screened existing oval site to accommodate larger oval
• Irrigation system installed (tank, pump, reticulation)

The community has sourced about $530,000 in funding to progress to this stage.  Financial contributions from the Department of Sport and Recreation, Department of Families Housing Community Services and Aboriginal Affairs, Lotterywest, Kimberley Development Commission, and the WA Football League are acknowledged.  In kind support from staff at the Water Corporation assisted with the development of the project and bore site. 

Over the past 4 years the Ardyaloon community has worked thoroughly to realise this project.  As project managers on all aspects of the venture the community will continue to maintain and manage the facility once operational.

Roelands Village Community Support Program - Engineers without borders

Our partnership with Engineers Without Borders forms part of our new Community Support Program, which is a way for us to demonstrate our leadership and commitment to sustainable water management services for people in disadvantaged and developing communities.

Roelands Village is located on Seven Hills Road, approximately 155 kilometres south of Perth and 22 kilometres east of the regional city of Bunbury, Western Australia.

Roelands Village is managed by Woolkabunning Kiaka Inc. As part of their commitment to the sustainability of the former Roelands Mission in Western Australia, Woolkabunning Kiaka Inc began a planning process designed to establish a strategic business plan for the village. Part of the plan is to refurbish the village’s ageing facilities, which will create a venue for conferences, functions, school camps, cultural groups and Aboriginal awareness education as well as other business enterprises.

Woolkabunning Kiaka Inc has endeavoured to engage as many stakeholders as possible across business, landowners, residents and Government. In 2010 the Committee approached Engineers Without Borders for their assistance in undertaking part of the works. As the Water Corporation has previously been involved in successful water projects with Engineers Without Borders, they approached us with this opportunity to assist the village and community with their plans.

Community Education Programs

Waterwise Schools Program

The Waterwise Schools Program focuses on the Aboriginal culture and its connection with water in various parts of their program. They have started to look at other ways to include the Aboriginal culture theme and plan to incorporate the aboriginal seasons in their resources.

Stop the Drop community campaign

In May 2011 we piloted our Aboriginal Communications Strategy in Fitzroy Crossing. The strategy aims to engage with Aboriginal communities and help educate them about saving water, under the banner of 'Stop the Drop'.

Following extensive consultation with the Fitzroy Crossing community, communications materials were developed that tailored key water saving messages to suit the audience and location, in both English and the local Kriol language. Local radio commercials were also created using Aboriginal voices. The pilot project was successful and the program was rolled out to Roebourne in August 2011.

The seven messages of the campaign are:

• Don't leave the water running when your mob comes to stay. It leaves a big bill which we all gotta pay.
• Keep yo'self clean but take a shorter shower. You'll be saving on water and saving on power.
• Pouring fat down the sink blocks the drains every day and it uses loads of water to wash it away.
• Putting toys down the dunny is not very funny, Toys are for play not flushing away.
• When you want to get cool swim in the river or pool, it’s more fun than the shower which costs water and power.
• When the river’s overflowing who cares where the water’s going? You gotta think water from the river’s different from what we drink.
• The water in our homes comes from underground, We gotta use it wisely so there's enough to go around.

The community feedback has been that the ‘toys down the toilet’ and ‘fats down the sink’ messages have been the most well received.