{"title":"Purple House","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_3 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Purple House story begins with some magnificent paintings…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBefore the Purple House was established Pintupi people from the Western Desert of Central Australia were forced to leave their country and families to seek treatment for end-stage renal failure in Alice Springs or Darwin. Far from home, they suffered great loneliness and hardship, and weren’t around to pass on cultural knowledge in their communities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSo they decided to do something about it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2000 Papunya Tula artists from Walungurru and Kiwirrikurra developed four extraordinary collaborative paintings which were auctioned at the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 11 November 2000, which along with a series of other work, raised over $1 million. That money started the Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corporation, now called Purple House, which developed a new model of care based around family, country and compassion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRun from its headquarters in a suburban house in Alice Springs, Purple House’s mission is ‘Making all our families well’. Flexibility and cultural safety are at the centre of everything we do. It’s the ‘Purple House way’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe now offer remote dialysis, social support, aged-care and NDIS services, and run a bush medicine social enterprise called \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bushbalm.com.au\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.bushbalm.com.au\/\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBush Balm\u003c\/a\u003e. And our services are expanding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. Since the opening of the first dialysis clinic in Kintore in 2004, we now run \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehouse.org.au\/communities\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehouse.org.au\/communities\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19 remote clinics\u003c\/a\u003e and two mobile dialysis units called \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehouse.org.au\/communities\/the-purple-truck\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehouse.org.au\/communities\/the-purple-truck\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethe Purple Truck\u003c\/a\u003e, which allows patients to head back home to visit family, for festivals, funerals and other cultural business. We are always getting new requests to open dialysis units in new communities and have a number of projects in progress.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCentral Australia has gone from having the worst to best survival rates for dialysis in Australia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWe are getting more and more patients back home so that families and culture can remain strong. \u003c\/span\u003eAs one former-director said, “Anangu like the open space of their land, where they can smell the Spirit, the wildflowers and other plants. They want fire for the smell of wood smoke going through the air. They want to smell the flowers after rain.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_text_inner\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePurple House is entirely Indigenous-run and owned with\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehouse.org.au\/governance\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehouse.org.au\/governance\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ean all-Indigenous Board of Directors\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewho are elected by our members.  We are supported through an innovative mix of philanthropic and self-generated funds, and Northern Territory and Commonwealth Government support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"irmangka-irmangka-bush-balm","title":"Irmangka Irmangka Bush Balm 60g","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003eBush Balm made with Irmangka Irmangka – a bush medicine plant traditionally used by Aboriginal people of Central Australia to relieve sore muscles and joint aches and pains.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003eIrmangka Irmangka Bush Balm can be used to sooth pain caused by arthritis, inflammation and cramps. It can also help relieve the symptoms of headaches and colds and flu.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003eLovingly made at the Purple House in Central Australia using wild harvested traditional medicinal plants.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003eAll Australian Ingredients: \u003cspan\u003eOlive Oil, Beeswax \u0026amp; Eremophila Alternifolia\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ewa-rteLine\"\u003eExternal use only\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Purple House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46939429077143,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5613\/3511\/files\/Studio-Irmangka-Irmgangka-scaled.jpg?v=1773978889"},{"product_id":"arrethe-bush-balm-60g","title":"Arrethe Bush Balm 60g","description":"\u003cp\u003eBush Balm made with Arrethe – a bush medicine plant traditionally used by Aboriginal people of Central Australia to relieve dry, itchy and irritated skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrethe Bush Balm may be useful in soothing the symptoms of eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis, as well as the itch of mosquito bites.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLovingly made at the Purple House in Central Australia using wild harvested traditional medicinal plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll Australian Ingredients: Olive Oil, Beeswax \u0026amp; Eremophila Freelingii\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExternal use only\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Purple House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46939430322327,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5613\/3511\/files\/Studio-60g-Arrethe-1-scaled.jpg?v=1773978785"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/5613\/3511\/collections\/Screenshot_2023-11-01_at_3.01.19_pm.png?v=1698811363","url":"https:\/\/thesocialstudio.org\/collections\/purple-house.oembed","provider":"The Social Studio ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}