Drawings by Eritrean refugee children from Aaidun and Nidal Elementary in Kassala, South East Sudan, with accompanying stories written by children of Flemington Primary School, Melbourne Australia.
To learn more about Eritrean Australian Humanitarian Aid (EAHA) and how you can help refugee children in Sudan through education, visit https://eahaid.wordpress.com/about/ or email eahaid@gmail.com
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Boat
Ostrich
Africa
Tree
On a hot
day in Africa there were trees everywhere.
So an ostrich was sitting under a tree to get some shade. Suddenly there was a boat passing by in the
river near the waterhole. I stopped to
see it but there was a wall when I ran to see but then there was a big wall
when I ran over. I climbed over it and
saw the African flag. I ran to
school. I was a bit late but it was
exciting because I saw a lot of wild animals on my way.
Stars
Tree
Africa
River
On a bright
night I was walking through Africa. I
saw a bird in a tall tree near a river.
Then I climbed the big mountains.
After that I went home.
I love
this picture. It is so good. How did you do this? I can see hot air balloons in the
picture. I can see homes. I can see a rope. I can see a person.
Hi, my
name is Agyub. I see a home and a dummy,
trees and a baby sucking a dummy and a poor boy.
I see a
bird flying in the sky. I also see a big
tree and a big flag. I see one big
star. I see a goblin with a bone in its
head. I see the mountains. I see the sun. I see half a moon. I see blue dirt.
The
Indonesian Battle
Once upon
a time there were two Indonesian terrorists.
There was a blue team and a red team.
There was an Indonesian wall in the middle. The blue team’s motto was a cat. The red teams motto was a rat (aka a dumb
rat). The next day they took down the
wall but it wasn’t them it was the Jammans.
They had a brick to help them.
That made the teams crazy. They
all died. The end.
War Dome
One day in
1467, 4,000 workers build a dome in
Spain. In 1470 three years later, they
had a big celebration. Then Japan came
to attack, so they went back to the dome to get weapons and food. They got a big fleet of galleys to escape to
Italy. Then Japan came to Italy, then
the fight was on.
WAR
Then they
started to fight.
The END
One day a
person came to take one single bush. The
next day a mailer person came for another bush on a skateboard. The mailers mailbag fell off his neck. After that the single person became worried
that his bush was getting old, so he bought a new bush. Lots of people came to a big giant bell. The next day I woke up in the big giant
bell. It rang and it blew the bush away. When no one was looking I got two bushes and
went home to cook the bushes.
They have
a farm with animals and a flag with red and green and blue colours. There is one tap and two trees and a river to
swim in. The shed has cars that are
yellow and green and red.
There were
two pilots on a ship. One pilot was on a
diving board. The other pilot was
sitting on a chair in the ship. They
were both happy. The sun was shining on
the ship. They liked sitting in the sun.
Once upon
a time I went to the beach. I saw a big
ship. I saw a car too. It was
orange. It had a red light and black
wheels.
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Words and pictures
This post features drawings by Eritrean refugee children from Aaidun and Nidal Elementary in Kassala, South East Sudan, with accompanying stories written by children of Flemington Primary School, Melbourne Australia.
The aim of this project is to stimulate links between students from the schools, and through the sharing of the pictures and stories to develop a deeper understanding of each other’s culture, beliefs and living conditions.
The project has grown out of the gift of art work produced by Eritrean refugee children in Aaidun and Nidal Elementary and brought to Melbourne by Mr Anwar Alishek from the Eritrean Australian Humanitarian Aid (EAHA), a Melbourne Rotarian supporting Eritrean refugees in Sudan.
Some of the drawings and accompanying stories were exhibited at Gallery Sunshine Everywhere in 2015. http://www.gallerysunshine.com/2015_Exhibitions/Pages/14_Jun_2015.html#grid
This is a joint project of Gallery Sunshine Everywhere, College of Education, Victoria University and the Eritrean Australian Humanitarian Association, facilitated by Sarah Tartakover, Maureen Ryan and Anwar Alishek.
This project was supported by the Victorian Multicultural Commission and will continue into 2016 with support from Brimbank City Council.
There is a pdf of the first book printed in this series available for download: https://app.box.com/s/pb2p9cmsjn520z10ebct71cwaf244m8m
Book layout and web design by Debbie Qadri
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