Indigenous Literacy Day at Barunga School

Today we celebrated Indigenous Literacy Day. I have attached some photos of Barunga School.

Eventhia our Service Coordinator reading with the kids at Barunga School.

Andrea our Service Coordinator having fun reading with the kids at Barunga

Barunga is a little community 80 km southeast of Katherine on Jawoyn land. The school grades are from Kindy to Year 12 and a total of 90 students are enrolled with approximately 60 students who attend.

The kids at the Barunga School with the Nyirrunggulung-Rise Team

Today we engaged with the local Barunga school by sitting with the children and reading them books that we donated.

Andrea listening to kids read and watching them love the stories today at Barunga School

We also donated footballs, basketballs, garden beds, seedlings, potting mix, and a planting guide to assist the children with growing their own seeds. These were donated by Palmerston Bunnings.

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Indigenous Literacy Day at Barunga School

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Nyirrunggulung-RISE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and recognises their connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to all First Nations people and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.

Our teams live and work on Jawoyn traditional land. This encompasses the lands of the Bagala clans on Duwa Country in Beswick and Barunga, the lands of the Dalabon, Rembarrnga and Mayili people in Bulman and the lands of the Binjari people in Binjari.