An anonymous donation of $70,000 will fund a new dialysis clinic in a remote Northern Territory community.

Bondi Beach hairdresser-turned-philanthropist Kelly Wright is behind the program working to supply the Jilkminggan community, south-east of Katherine, with much-needed medical care.

In June 2018, Ms Wright worked diligently with the Jilkminggan Community Aboriginal Corporation (JCAC) and local elders to fund a culturally sensitive housing estate.

Since then, Ms Wright said the remote community of 300 people have not left her thoughts.

Ms Wright's new mission is to build a dialysis clinic in the small community.

She said these people deserved "treatment without travel getting in the way".

"There are currently six members of the community travelling a three-hour return trip to Katherine," she told ABC Radio Darwin's Liz Trevaskis.

"These people are regularly relying on family members to make the trip with them, often they are left in Katherine post-treatment alone, and most of the time they don't make it to their treatment at all.

"Most of these people then sit in treatment centres for at least five hours, a huge part of their experience is spent figuring out how they will get to their treatment in the next town along."

A selfless act to support remote healthcare

Ms Wright chose to band together with Indigenous-owned-and-run health service Purple House to fundraise for the clinic.

Then, in an act of random kindness, a $70,000 donation was made anonymously from a generous person based in Adelaide.

Ms Wright said it was a huge step towards laying down solid foundation plans for the clinic.

"I cried when Purple House gave me the news, I nearly collapsed and even now my voice shakes telling people," she said.

Ms Wright says she will continue fundraising for the Jilkminggan community to implement positive change. ( Supplied: Kelly Wright )

"I was looking at a figure of around $100,000 to fundraise to get this clinic off the ground, now this whole plan is feeling like a plausible, real project."

Ms Wright said this selfless act gave her hope that more people cared about healthcare for remote communities.

"This act is so admirable, someone truly wanted to help and to allow traditional landowners to have first-world living conditions and healthcare — which they deserve," she said.

"We are now 80 per cent there."

Temporary transport to ease appointment struggles

With $20,000 still left to raise for the project, Ms Wright said she had already organised a temporary support for the Jilkminggan community.

Ms Wright has purchased the community an eight-seater minibus to get them to their dialysis appointments on time.

"We were offered a grant of $15,000 and then the community dollar-matched it so we could get this bus operating," she said.

"This bus has wheelchair access and will give the community immediate relief to get them to Katherine.

"Until we can get the dialysis centre up and running, this will just ease the struggle."

This eight-seater minibus will allow for dialysis patients to get to their appointments in Katherine without any hassle. ( Supplied: Kelly Wright )

Ms Wright admitted she felt the distance when she lived more than 3,000 kilometres away for most of the year.

However, since providing a positive contribution to the community Ms Wright said she was constantly driven to keep working to support Jilkminggan.

"Since getting to learn about their community, I have come to think of them as family," she said.

"As a result, I would never want my family to live without and I would absolutely go out of my way to help them, so I won't be giving up on this community."