Purpose/Goal

To improve the Environmental Health of the people of the Fitzroy Valley by working
with the Community.

In the past, the Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services Environmental Health Team
has been primarily involved with the following activities:

Where do we want to go?

In March, 2006, the Environmental Health Team took part in a strategic planning process.
This process involved identifying the most important environmental health issues in the
Fitzroy Valley and determining the NCHS Environmental Health Team’s capacity to do
something about these issues. From this process they decided on 3 key areas to focus
on and build into programs.

3 Key Areas for 2006-2008:

Another key priority that emerged for the team is training, as few of the team had
completed formal Environmental Health training. As a result, Nindilingarri is supporting
the Aboriginal Environmental Health Workers to obtain Certificate III in
Environmental Health Work.