Maareta and I are stood outside of the YCL building which is the Youth Centre, where the brass band practices daily and our accommodation is situated. We thought it a good spot to promote the book we have written and produced along with many others to help highlight the problem of the dangers to Kiribati children in the local community. It is written in the local language with subtitles in English so that parents can help their children with reading skills as well as alerting them to potential dangers. We are hoping to now get this published more professionally with donor monies from AusAid so that it can be provided free of cost to families and schools throughout Kiribati rather than just the KPC children that it was originally intended for. The other agenda is to highlight the lack of playgrounds and safe places for children to play in South Tarawa. Hence I have an appointment with the Minister for Education next week and hope to talk to the Minister for Health soon. It is our way to try to give a voice to the plight of the beautiful happy Kiribati children who live amongst many dangers in their local villages. Still a lot to do in the short time left here.
Hope you get the funding so that everyone can get the benefit of your book. So good to be able to keep up with the work you are doing. Denis
ReplyDeleteHope you can get the funding so that all families can get the benefit of your book. Great to be able to keep up with what you are doing.
ReplyDeleteThanks Denis. I know there is so much more to be done here so Pete and I are thinking of coming back next year and doing project work with funding from VIDA (AusAidP).
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