News from Around the Region

Because NAIDOC Week falls in the school holidays, Mt Allan School in Yuelamu decided to have their NAIDOC celebrations early. On 21 June, Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) CEO Leslie Manda was on hand to give out gifts to some of the elders of the community, to help celebrate the theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week; ‘For Our Elders’.

On 2 May, Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) CEO Leslie Manda joined Laramba Childcare to see what occurs in the life of Childcare educators and children.

13 participants from Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) Council Services and Community Development Program (CDP) undertook White Card training in Ti Tree last week.

Today is National Sorry Day, a special day when we remember and reflect on the hurt caused in the past and how we can make things right. It's about acknowledging the tough times when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children were taken away from their families, which we call the Stolen Generations.

On Thursday 18 May, Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) represented the Local Government Association of the Northern Territory (LGANT) at the Vocational Education and Training (VET) Expo.

Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) has upgraded a three kilometre section of the Nyirripi road with funding from the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure (LRCI) Program from the Federal Government.

Central Desert Regional Council’s (CDRC) team in the Australasian Local Government Management Challenge NT division have returned home with the trophy.

Central Desert Regional Council (CDRC) is sending their team, Desert Think Tank, to the Australasian Management Challenge (AMC) Northern Territory division in Darwin next week.

On 13 April Engawala took on Atitjere in a junior basketball competition.