Re[ad]generate
On behalf of the staff and students at Buchan Primary School, I would like to thank the caring and very thoughtful staff / community member / NSW Public Schools Leader who nominated our school to receive the beautiful care package collection of books from First Nations creators. We absolutely love the book packs the staff at Magabala Books have chosen for us and I would like to thank them for taking the time to do this for our school. I can’t wait to share these books with our students. They will take pride of place in our Library and some of the novels will be used in our classrooms as take home readers. Thank you for this beautiful gift.
84,000 First Nations Peoples or 1/4 of the Indigenous population of NSW and Victoria live in areas affected by 2019/20 bushfires. These communities were disproportionally affected by floods of 2021. Ever resilient, these communities are rebuilding, but many families are still living in temporary homes, and suffering the long lasting economic, and personal impacts of fire and flood.
As a First Nations woman with family ties to many First Nations Countries harmed by these natural disasters, I’m passionate about supporting students, teachers and families in these areas.
Re[ad]generate aimed to regenerate reading. It supported children in bushfire and flood-affected communities by delivering books written and illustrated by First Nations authors and artists.
Donations made to the gofundme campaign supported the purchasing, and distribution of books by Blak creatives, to communities who need it most.
This project has been generously supported by Magabala Books and NSW Public Schools with thanks to NITV, NIT and ABC for sharing this initiative.
Collectively we raised over $10,800.00. This money was donated directly to Magabala Books via the gofundme platform, for the purchasing, packing and delivery of books for 32 fire and flood-affected schools.
