Wardirras of the Ngurra Co-op

Funding area: First Nations-led Economic Inclusion

The Wardirras of the Ngurra Co-op is a small start-up social enterprise that Kylie Mowarin and a women’s group in Roebourne, WA have been hoping to get off the ground. Their plan is to develop local medicinal plants as native botanical products.

Grants

2023 First Nations-led Grant, $25,000

Core Funding

Wardirras is a co-op from Roebourne in the Pilbara region. They have received a grant to develop an Indigenous medicinal plant (jammi) into a social enterprise. This is building on Wardirras recent worked with pharmacists to successfully validate the medicinal properties of the jammi plant.