Miya Kaadadjiny

Our Vision

To provide a strong and safe cultural community environment for empowered Aboriginal men, women, youth, and children who are proud in their identity.

Our aim

To nurture positive well-being, build capacity, grow friendships, strengthen our bonds and ‘footprints’, across this land.

Our values

MK is committed to actively promoting ethical and responsible decision making and is proactive at all levels of the organisation through the following values:

Who we are

Miya Kaadadjiny Learning Sanctuary Community Centre Inc (MK) is a not for profit Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO). Management committee members are Aboriginal community members representing the diverse local Aboriginal community.

The establishment of MK was the vision of parents of Noongar children from Girrawheen Senior High School back in 2002, who lived in Girrawheen and surrounding suburbs. A demountable was acquired from a program being delivered in the 2000’s. The local families saw a need for services to be provided for Aboriginal community members in the Girrawheen and the surrounding suburbs. It was identified that there was a need for a place to call our own, a meeting place and a place to carry out activities identified by the community.

Our objectives

The objects for which the Association is established are:

To identify, develop, implement, and deliver culturally appropriate programs and services to meet the needs of Aboriginal people (our community).
To be established as a charity for the purposes of advancing the education, health, language, culture, and social well-being of Aboriginal people.
To promote holistic cultural, social, and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal people through programs and services including computer literacy, language, connecting to country initiatives, training, and other relevant community programs.
To give consideration and attention to the diverse culture, language, and individual needs of Aboriginal people.
To be established as an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO), that builds the strength and empowerment of Aboriginal communities and people and is:
- Incorporated as a not for profit
- Controlled and operated by Aboriginal people
- Connected to the community in which services are governed by a majority of Aboriginal people.
To empower local Aboriginal communities and individuals to be independent.
To respond to emerging Aboriginal community needs and attempt to address these needs.
To be a local resource centre concerned with the connection of health, well-being, and care of Aboriginal members of the community.
To meet the conditions of all grant and funding agreements and relevant legislation.
To do all such other things as may be necessary to reach these objects, without in any way being limited to the above objectives.

Activities

We run regular programs including Sunday craft and maintenance of our bush tucker garden. MK is happy to welcome newcomers and their children. It is great to see the children enjoy the actives and bush land. We also run Noongar Language classes, Kwobidak Yoka (beautiful women's) group and other events. Check out our Facebook events page for the latest details