Kowanyama holiday program

September 2018 was a little different for us with it being the first year in 12 years we weren’t running a leadership camp. Mainly this was because most of our regular leaders were unavailable for a range of reasons including family illness and having babies! So, a few of us decided to head to Kowanyama instead and run some activities up there. In the spirit of our Year 6 boarding transition and leadership camps though we did try to connect with as many of the grade 6 kids who were going to be heading out to boarding school as possible.

We took part in community and church activities; Mel and Tahlia ran a daily girl’s craft and activities program and Ron and Lara ran a project at the community garden. We also held some small group activities in the evenings at the church and out bush.

Please consider donating to support future trips like this that are 100% volunteer and donation run.

 

 

Please consider donating to support future camps like this that are 100% volunteer and donation run.

MENTORING BOARDING KIDS

We continued throughout 2017 to provide support to Kowanyama kids who are out at boarding school.

Sticking it out at boarding school can be really tough for these remote kids and having a ‘family-like’ environment where they know people who know them and where they come from - to go to on weekends – can make a real difference.

We aim to provide as much mentoring support as possible, often working closely wth boarding schools. this can include career guidance, help with schoolwork, someone to talk to, and leadership development. so often we find that if it wasnt for that caring support many more of these kids would 'fall through the gaps'.