Yerrabi Yurwang

Yerrabi Yurwang is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and is owned and managed by Aboriginal People for Aboriginal People.

Yerrabi Yurwang works alongside agencies and providers to strengthen their cultural responsivity in the Out of Home Care System (OOHC).

Yerrabi Yurwang works across the health, social and cultural determinants and guided by the following principles which include:

• Aboriginal strength-based trauma-informed healing approaches
• The need for cultural understanding
• The impact of racism and stigma
• Honouring the centrality of our family kinship structures
• The impact of our true shared history and its consequential impacts of trauma, loss, grief, and anger
• Recognition of human rights and social justice
• Advocating for equitable needs-based funding models
• Universal access to basic care, health, housing, and education.