Nyirrunggulung Rise

Yesterday our team hosted a community BBQ 🌭 in Barunga for Barunga School, Barunga Creche and our Wulugarr and Barunga crews. We spoke to final year students about the opportunities for training and community projects we have coming up that they could be part of. Michael Hailes, Barunga School Principal, took the opportunity to thank our local teams for all the work they do throughout the year to help and improve the school and creche. It's always appreciated when their work is recognised 😊 We also had other community members join and there was a great community atmosphere. A big thank you to our teams who helped out on cooking and serving duties! #BarungaCommunity #WorkingTogether #CommunityPride #Barunga #NyirrunggulungRISE

Our Barunga crew took the Nyirrunggulung-RISE team out on Country this week to search for Sugarbag. Sugarbag is honey made by our native stingless bee 🐝 They quickly tracked down a hive and started collecting the honey by cutting in to logs and trees. The collection all went to plan and the guys came home with a decent amount of honey 🍯 A big thank you to the fellas for showing the team their Country and what you can find in the bush around their homes. #Sugarbag #OnCountry #WorkingTogether #CommunityPride #Barunga #NyirrunggulungRISE

Innovation, recycling and creativity in action! 🎨 When the Wugularr Team were on the job yesterday, they noticed Telstra working on the phone tower. The fellas were quick to ask the Telstra workers if they could have the empty wooden reels to reuse as tables. They were happy to give them away and the guys brought them back to the shed to upcycle them. Today, Lloyd and Earl got the paints out and gave the tables a fresh look 🔴🟡⚫ Well done guys, love your drive to make your community a brighter place 😄 #Wugularr #RemoteCommunities #WorkingTogether #CommunityPride #NyirunggulungRISE

Yesterday, Phil and the Barunga boys put their new cooking skills into practice and made this delicious marinated chicken, rice and salad dish 🍗🥗 At the end of September, they started a new round of Kukimbat Gudwan Daga - a 12-week hospitality certification - and have already impressed us with the skills they've picked up. The guys love to cook and it's no wonder when they get to enjoy a flavourful feast like this 😍 #HospitalityTraining #KukimbatGudwanDaga #CookingGoodFood #WorkingTogether #CommunityPride #Barunga #NyirrunggulungRISE

The weather is getting hot in Central Arnhem and we can't wait for the rains to come! With the wet comes storms and our guys have been helping to prepare the community. In Wugularr, the team cleaned up around the work shed so there's no dangerous debris that could be blown around and harm people or properties. Great stuff guys! #Wugularr #RemoteCommunities #WorkingTogether #CommunityPride #NyirunggulungRISE

Thank you to Billy and Nathan for all the work you do in the Barunga community - we appreciate you 🙌🏽😊 Yesterday the Nyirrunggulung-RISE team presented Billy Tati and Nathan Runyu with a hamper each to recognise their hard work and dedication to our community projects. Nathan is one of our long-term Supervisors and Billy is a client who is building his skills for a future job. While the kids have been on school holidays, Nathan, Billy and the team have been working behind the scenes at Barunga School and Barunga Creche. Check out all the projects they've completed! 🤩 🔨 Building a flat pack shed and shelves at the creche 🚮 Cleaning rubbish, removing a dangerous tree root and building a cover for a water valve at the creche 🏫 Fitting ventilation vents and door safety chains on the LOC Container School 🌿 Weed spraying and mowing lawns 🐕 Building a dog proof fence and self-closing gate for the school's bin area Impressive stuff and all done in Central Arnhem's soaring temperatures 🌞 These guys never let us down! We know that kids will appreciate these upgrades when they get back to the classroom. #BarungaSchool #BarungaCreche #Barunga #Wugularr #HelpingCommunity #CommunityPride #WorkingTogther #NyirrunggulungRISE

Thank you to the Gorillas - Warilla Juniors who are doing a footy boots and ball drive for our communities 🏉 Phil Stewart, one of our Supervisors, has connections with this club and reached out to see if they had any boots to donate. They've been awesome and have organised this drive in October! We can't wait to give out the boots and balls to local young people and encourage them to play more footy 😄 If you have any boots, balls or sports gear you'd like to donate, get in touch with us! #RemoteFooty #FootyDrive #DonateYourBoots #YouthSport #HelpingCommunity #CommunityPride #NyirrunggulungRISE

When Barunga School had a problem with cheeky dogs 🐕, our Barunga and Wugularr teams stepped in to help! The dogs kept knocking over the school's rubbish bins and causing a mess so they needed a solution to keep the bins secure 🚮 The guys had recently completed a fencing course and utilised their new skills to create a fenced in bin area. This has successfully kept the dogs out while allowing easy access to the school and Council staff. Well done fellas, awesome to see your continual contribution to your community 🤝🏽 #BarungaSchool #Barunga #Wugularr #HelpingCommunity #CommunityPride #WorkingTogther #NyirrunggulungRISE

3,2,1… launch! 🚀 Community projects are taking off! Our October newsletter is here and it's full of awesome stories from around Central Arnhem Land. Our teams have been extra busy in the past month, working on community projects, starting hospitality training and checking in on each other for R U OK? Day. Read all about it here: https://lnkd.in/g362B4d7 #OctoberNewsletter #CommunityNewsletter #CommunityPride #WorkingTogether #Binjari #Barunga #Wugularr #KatherineResearchStation National Indigenous Australians Agency Malarndirri McCarthy

Our team finished the week in high spirits after donating boxes of clothes to the Kalano Community Association Sober Up Shelter. This shelter does amazing work by providing a safe and caring alternative to Police custody. We're proud to be able to help in a small way by giving clean clothes for any of their visitors to wear when they need them. Great to collaborate with other local organisations to help our community 😊 #CommunityDonations #HelpingCommunity #WorkingTogether #CommunityPride #NyirrunggulungRISE