Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation

Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation (ENAC) is a not-for-profit, Aboriginal Community based and managed charitable organisation, which has been operating in the Derby/Malarabah region of the Kimberley in Western Australia for more than 20 years.

ENAC is governed by a Board elected by members of the organisation.

Emama Nguda has gained a record of achievement for managing housing for remote Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley. In the 2013/14 financial year ENAC as a partner organisation with Remote Jobs in Communities Program (RJCP) Derby organised the skills development and training for 48 participants.

The organisation has approximately 75 members that mostly reside in the seven local community groups. Most of these communities also have separately incorporated Aboriginal Corporations. Collaboration between local, regional and national organisations is central to delivering improved outcomes for these communities.

Profits are reinvested into ENAC to grow existing enterprises, and to acquire and generate new enterprises. The number of long term jobs created, rather than the rate of return on investment alone, is the primary criteria in assessing business performance.

Emama Nguda will seek to ensure the productive use of such opportunities to benefit Aboriginal children, adults and communities. We will seek out and support opportunities for local Aboriginal people to participate in employment and business opportunities, and continue to protect our land and our cultural heritage.

ENAC also has a commercial arm called Lalgardi Enterprises Pty Ltd, which was incorporated in 2013, in a move towards achieving greater business-oriented outcomes.

“The main objectives of ENAC is to manage its own affairs on its own land by supporting education, job training, employment, housing, individual, family and community wellbeing services, the development of Aboriginal economic projects and enterprises whilst encouraging the community to keep and renew its traditional culture.”