Wapa maya

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

Wapa maya (meaning 'safe place') is a program that provides a community patrol, homeless support service, and sobering-up services in South Headland in Western Australia. These services assist some 300 clients on a weekly basis with transport, showers, clean clothes, a safe place to sleep, meals, support and further assistance. Wapa maya can accommodate up to 16 persons (8 male beds, 8 female beds). Clients are either self-admitted, or referred by the community patrol or the South Hedland Police. This facility caters for intoxicated clients, aiming to keep them out of police custody. Wapa maya began operating in 2007 after an amalgamation of the Bloodwood Tree Association the Port Hedland Sobering Up Centre Group Inc.

Abstract adapted from the Bloodwood Tree Association

Contacts

Bloodwood Tree Association
19 Hamilton Road
PO Box 2099
South Hedland WA 6722
Ph: (08) 9172 3622
Fax: (08) 9140 1474
Email: manager@bloodwoodtree.org.au

Links

• View information: Wapa maya
• View information: Western Australian sobering-up centres
• View contact details: Bloodwood Tree Association
• View website: Bloodwood Tree Association