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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The bush
Once upon
a time there were people that lived in huts.
They were in the bush. They saw a
flag that was green, red, black and white.
There were trees everywhere and they were cold. They planted a flower bed. There were orange,
pink, red and black flowers.
Once upon
a time there was a lonely lady who had a house with a clock in front on the
outside. She had beautiful flowers and a
tree and a bush. She bought a chocolate
loveheart and three bowls and another bigger bowl and two spoons. The day after she bought a giant fork and a
small mat.
One grey
roof, two blue windows, one grey door and one white hut.
There was
a house in the middle of a white page and no one came ever. Still no one ever came. And it was in Japan
The end
Once there
were two people who came to Australia
and got a hotel for ten old dollars. The
girl has a mat and a beautiful big watering can that had a pattern on it. The boy had dirt and seeds. The girl and the
boy were invisible. There was a plant thing that took over your plants.
A house
blowing and people having lunch and a bad guy blowing the houses. Then they had another house and the house
will never blow away again but it did so.
Once upon
a time there was a man who lived in a musical house with bells, drums, clappers
and triangles. He was planting a flower
in his garden with his spade. When he
finished planting the flower he was very tired.
He went into his house and ate his lunch.
Once there
was a person and one house, next to a tree.
The tree is up and the house is down and the girl is down in the
ground. The girl is Hanny.
I think
this picture is about a refugee visiting the botanical gardens and seeing some
plants and mixed it all up in a picture showing the plants that grow and
showing the dirt. There are seeds in the
picture, flowers and some trees that are already grown and plants that are in
boxes. There is food on the plants in
the picture and the picture has it all.
I think
those two people are gone from their country because they are getting away from
the war. They didn’t have a home and
they were poor. They didn’t have a job
because they were drunk but luckily someone let them live with them and they
were lazy and they were fat. That’s why
they were fat. That person let them stay
with him. He had a big place.
Once upon
a time there was a shark fish and a dinner and a bus. The kids flew to the mountain. The bus drove five kids to school and the
lolly shop. But the shark fish parked at
the lolly shop and dined at the home.
And inside the house a ball was kicked.
From the
depths of the sea a 3D fin emerged from a coral reef. The coral reef was filled with flowers and a
leaf. The centre of attention was a
smart living flower who did more subtraction that any flower. Then if you went further and you had really
good eyes you could see there was a school of fish – only three
altogether. At the very end there was a
group of flowers bound together by the smallest piece of stringy leaf.
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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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