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.
COLBI PROGRAM
What a wonderful end to the year with some more Kowanyama students graduating high school including a couple of our COLBI support program recipients. And it was exciting to see Shekia graduate this year when she also 'graduated' as a 'senior camp leader' after volunteering and training for several years as a junior leader.
All of the kids who graduated this year had also been regulars at our holiday programs and/or youth groups over the years as 'littlies' - so wonderful to see them growing up. Our hope is that we will see a larger proportion finish successfully like this in future. Both of our COLBI recipients from 2017 are currently working or in training.
