Gindaja is an Indigenous community controlled organisation dedicated to improving the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people impacted by problematic alcohol and/or substance dependency.
Gindaja provides AOD Education, Treatment, Recovery and Healing to people from Yarrabah and across the Far North Queensland region, including Cairns and surrounds, the Tablelands, Torres Strait Islands and Cape communities.
We operate across 2 service sites in Yarrabah: our 17 bed Residential Recovery Centre is located in Back Beach Road and our day-based Learning and Wellbeing Centre is in the central township of Yarrabah.
The name ‘Gindaja’ is Gunggandji language for the Cassowary – a strong, proud bird, that has inhabited our traditional lands for millennia and who plants the seeds for the rainforest to grow and regenerate. In the same way, Gindaja seeks to plant the seeds of hope, inner strength and healing for all our clients who come to us with a broken spirit because of alcohol and drug dependency.
We are committed to providing the highest quality of care to clients through our culturally developed Model of Care.
HELP US FIGHT AGAINST ALCOHOL AND DRUGS!
A contribution to Gindaja Treatment and Healing Indigenous Corporation means an enhanced service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities.
OUR MISSION
To provide culturally appropriate, specialised AOD care and support services in the areas of Education, Treatment, Recovery and Healing to people with alcohol and substance dependencies in Yarrabah and beyond.
Gindaja is fully accredited through ISO (Institute of Healthy Communities Australia) as well as the Human Services Quality Framework (HSQF) from the Department of Communities.
Gindaja Treatment and Healing Indigenous Corporation acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and play the Gunggandji and Yidinji peoples and we acknowledge the historical people brought here to Yarrabah from various locations by government policies of the past.
We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.