Djenabidet Kalleep (Footpath Home) is a trauma informed, mob-centred service where dignity, respect and compassion are practiced. It is a place where people can go and sit in safety to tell their story without judgement, or bias.
Djenabidet Kalleep provides assertive outreach, lived-experience peer navigation and culturally appropriate and specific health connections to improve outcomes for Aboriginal people in our community experiencing homelessness.
“Our mob’s journey is similar to the flow of running water that is always moving. It doesn’t always move smoothly and at times, it gets quite rough; Like life, it can get hectic, chaotic and sometimes confusing, which leads to stress, hardship and the feeling of helplessness,” Djenabidet Kalleep’s Manager, Pauline Boscato.
Djenabidet Kalleep is staffed, and led, by Aboriginal people with a deep understanding of the challenges facing our mob and the importance of cultural safety and trauma-informed truth-telling. The team yarns with and guides our mob through their journey out of homelessness to a path to a safer place.
The services have been co-designed with the support of First Nation’s staff, people with lived experience and advice from St Pat’s Aboriginal Reference Group of Elders from our community.
Our Djenabidet Kalleep team provides support across the south metropolitan region, with a base at St Pat’s Day Centre in Fremantle and in Mandurah.
If you’d like to learn more about this exciting new service, please contact us.
The Djenabidet Kalleep logo was created by artist Turid Calgaret.
