The State Government, through Lotterywest, has provided a $608,000 Lotterywest grant to support the Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation (Jamukurnu-Yapalikunu) protect isolated communities from the impacts of COVID-19.
The grant will go towards installation, fit-out and co-ordination costs for essential shelter and quarantine facilities for seven East Pilbara remote communities.
As a result of COVID-19, limited external access to remote Aboriginal communities was introduced in order to better protect the health and wellbeing of residents