Impact
We measure our impact not by numbers, but by the ripples we create,
the stories carried, voices amplified, lives changed and knowledge passed forward.
The story isn’t yours or mine. it belongs to the fire, and those who share it.
Stories carry power. The kind of power that doesn’t shout, but hums steady in the bones of the earth. Power to heal old wounds, to mend the fractures between us, and to guide our steps back to the right way. The world is crying out for this medicine now, more than ever.
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The impact of the VA Network isn’t tallied in likes or views or fleeting trends. It is felt in the lives we uplift, the voices we amplify, and the fires we help rekindle in places that the world too often overlooks. This is fire that doesn’t consume – it illuminates. It throws light into the corners where truth has been buried, warming those who carry heavy stories and sparking the courage to act in those who are ready to rise. We work alongside communities to not just tell stories, but to live them. To create impact that is tangible: community projects that feed people, art that heals, education that reconnects young ones to their roots, and campaigns that rally many hands toward shared causes.
This is not just storytelling. This is truth-telling. This is ceremony. This is the medicine the world needs. Healing shared around a fire that refuses to fade. The fire we tend here does not belong to any one of us. It belongs to all: to those who came before us, those who walk beside us now, and those yet to step into the circle.
When we carry stories in the right way, we carry life itself. And this is the work of the VA Network: to keep that life burning bright.
Every ember counts. Every story is carried with care. Every action feeds the fire, so that it continues to burn not just for today, but for the generations yet to come.
Inspiring Global Connection & Driving Action for the Planet
Here ‘Impact’ is not an abstract concept. It is lived, breathed, and felt in real places, by real people. It is fire tended daily, not a spark left to chance. Our work weaves the old ways with present action, ensuring that every story, every act of generosity, every project creates ripples that reach beyond the screen and into the world for the next seven generations.
Direct Support For Artists & Knowledge Keepers
We fund and support artists, filmmakers, photographers, writers, and traditional custodians who are the storytellers of their communities. Many of these creators work in places far from mainstream platforms. Through the VA Network, they receive the resources and recognition they deserve to continue their craft, carry their culture, and share it with the world.
Commissioning original works
Providing grants for community-led art projects
Covering production costs for films and series that uphold Indigenous voices
Ensuring fair payment and acknowledgment for knowledge keepers sharing wisdom
Community Campaigns & Action Projects
We don’t just tell stories – we help build movements. The VA Network amplifies and helps to fund community campaigns that tackle urgent needs and strengthen community resilience. These are initiatives that come from within communities themselves. We simply help carry the wood to the fire.
Supporting grassroots environmental projects: land care, regeneration, clean-ups
Assisting with emergency relief and rebuilding for impacted communities
Backing health and healing initiatives grounded in traditional practice
Running awareness campaigns for cultural protection and land rights
Preservation & Revitalisation Of Culture
We create a living archive of stories, language, ceremonies, and art that safeguards cultural knowledge for future generations.
Recording and sharing endangered languages and traditional practices
Documenting oral histories and ceremonies with permission and care
Providing educational materials for schools and community learning
Supporting intergenerational knowledge transfer between Elders and youth
Global Awareness & Education
The VA Network extends beyond borders. We are building bridges between cultures, sharing Indigenous wisdom and solutions with people across the world who are searching for ways to live better, more connected, more balanced lives.
Publishing essays, films, and resources that share Indigenous knowledge systems
Hosting online gatherings, panels, and fire-side yarns with wisdom keepers
Partnering with like-minded organisations globally to share knowledge and support Indigenous and native communities worldwide
Bringing the wisdom of the fire to places where it has long been forgotten or silenced
Youth Empowerment & Storytelling
Through our collaboration with partners like the NGARRA project, we place cameras and tools of storytelling directly in the hands of young people, inviting them to see their own power, their own story, and their responsibility to carry culture forward.
Workshops in photography, filmmaking, and digital storytelling
Mentorship programs pairing young people with Elders and artists
Showcasing youth work globally through our platform and exhibitions
Creating paid opportunities for young storytellers to work in their community
Recirpocity In Action
True impact is never one-way. For every story shared, for every piece of wisdom offered, we give back. This is at the core of our work.
Transparent reinvestment into future story-making, community initiatives, and cultural revival work.
All proceeds from the streaming and donation platform goes directly to supporting the creators, artists, and communities.Â
All proceeds from SHOP2GIVE Marketplace merchandise and fundraising campaigns go directly into projects on the ground.
Give Give. Napagi Napagi.
We are a not-for-profit because giving is at the heart of who we are. Of who we all are. It is how our cultures have survived for tens of thousands of years — through generosity, through exchange, through sharing what we have for the good of all. In the old ways, knowledge was never hoarded. Stories were never locked away. Wisdom was carried forward because it was given freely, with care and responsibility, so that life could continue in balance.
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We give because these stories were given to us. They are not ours to keep. They belong to the people, to the land, to the children yet to come. Every dollar that flows through this project is treated the same way — as something entrusted to us to be put back into community, into healing, into creating spaces where voices long silenced can speak again.
We give because we believe in a world that measures wealth not by what we hold onto, but by what we share. A world where a child can see their story reflected back to them and stand taller because of it. Where elders know their knowledge is safe, carried forward with respect. Where communities can create, lead, and thrive on their own terms.
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In our way, you don’t keep what was given to you; you carry it for a time, you care for it, and then you pass it on, strengthened by your custodianship. That is how knowledge stays alive. That is how Country stays alive. When we give, we are simply continuing the oldest economy on earth — the economy of care, of reciprocity, of ensuring that life keeps flowing in all directions. This is not charity. This is obligation. This is lore.
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the fire burns brighter because we gather together
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Transparency and accountability aren’t just nice ideas we carry around – they’re the way we walk. In our world, you don’t hide what you’re doing. You lay it out plain, so everyone can see where the tracks lead. Our reports, our impact, our finances – all of it is there, open, because that’s how trust works. But true accountability isn’t just numbers on a page. It’s seeing the change with your own eyes – in the strength returning to communities, in the way people stand taller when their stories are honoured, in the way relationships deepen over time.
This isn’t a one-off transaction. This is a living relationship with obligations on all sides. We hold ourselves accountable to you, just as you hold yourself accountable to the path you’ve chosen to walk with us. It’s a braiding of trust – your trust in us, our trust in you, and our shared trust in these old ways that have always kept life in balance.
When you join us – as an individual, a family, a community, or an organisation – you’re not just funding a project. You’re stepping into relation. You’re making a difference that ripples out far beyond what you can see: to sisters and brothers, aunties and uncles, mums and dads, grandmas and grandpas. People with names and stories who will carry this forward long after we’re gone.
This is your invitation to step into a movement rooted in lore – a movement to protect culture, care for Country, and remember that all of us are woven together in this journey, as one, carrying our responsibilities to each other and to all life.
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The fire doesn’t burn for you alone. It burns for the land, for the people, for your ancestors and descendants. It’s your job to keep the firing burning. If you let it go cold, you’ve broken something sacred. That’s what the world is doing – we have to start tending fires again, before its too late.
