Saturday, March 19, 2016

10 - A dude named Bob and other stories

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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One day a dude called Bob was walking in the forest and saw a colourful house.  There was a river but Bob didn’t know how to swim.  Then he spotted some wood and string and he used the wood and string to make a boat.  Once he got to the other side there was a big trap and he went swinging in the air.  Then Bob realised that he had a pocket knife in his pocket.  He took it out of his pocket and cut through the rope.  After he cut through the rope he saw a little boy and the boy said, “ What are you doing here, if my dad sees you he will kill you”. Bob was scared so he begged the little boy to hide him.  This is what Bob said.  “Oh please hide me, please I will do anything, I’m too young and handsome to die”.  The little boy said “hide in the basement, my dad never goes in there”.  But the boy lied. When the boy’s dad got home they all ate Bob for dinner.  





In India in 1999 it was a very hot day.  The thing that was more important was the things that were crawling through the cracks and creeks.  They are called ringles.   They are grey skinny ugly creatures much like a rat.  They are found in creeks, streams and dirty rivers.  If you dare come near them they will rip your eyeballs out!  So that was the thing that was scaring India.  House to house the only thing left would be bones and blood.  India needed a plan to get the ringles out.  So they all huddled together and made a plan.  Did I mention that they love pelicans to eat?  So what they did was they got a pelican and they put it in one house.  When every one of the ringles was in one house they put some bombs in and they were gone.  Hurray they all shouted.





One day in the life of a chain saw
One Saturday morning on a beautiful sunny day, a chain saw woke up at 6.00am to get ready for work.  He ran downstairs to get his breakfast.  It was yummy.  Then he got ready for work.  He wore 10 times better spikes.  Then he saw 6.30 on the dot.  So he grabbed his good looking tie and his toothbrush and rushed to the car.  When he got there the boss said “you’re fired” and the chainsaw said “WHAT!!”  So he got home and put the heater on 63 degrees and said time for dinner.  He made chips but when he opened the hot oven he had nothing else to eat so he had them and his tooth fell out.  Then he got ready for work.





One day a man and a woman went for a walk and they saw and did a lot of things like go to two or three friends houses and chat.  They also saw a lot of interesting things like a giant palm tree and two roses and nature art of a heart made out of stone.  They also saw some playful little dogs.  And decided to play with them for a while and a while was a very long time.  When they got home they went and had a big sleep.

The End



The sunny day at the park
Once upon a time there was a really sunny day in a little town in Africa.  It was in a little park.  A lot of weird things happen in the park.  Over the park there was a giant cloud.  The moon was there but much, much smaller than you think.  There were loads of bananas everywhere.  There was way, way, way, way, way, way too many bushes at the weird park.  There was one giant tree.  That is what the people thought of the park.  Then even more and more and more people came and they all thought the same. 





Flower Poem
From Africa
Like the burning place,
Oh, what a beautiful flower
Where do you come from?
Everywhere/any where I will grow,
Right away the moon will shine, good night, good night Africa.



Robot poem
Robot dance,
Oh, I have the moves like Emir,
Bot away, Bot away,
Oh, I have the moves like Emir

The End





A Sudan Flag
A Sudan flag with boxes and windows with doors at he end of the boxes and blank boxes at the top of the boxes with African writing in the boxes with a wrong Sudan flag with 7 doors in the boxes and 2 outside doors.  There’s supposed to be lines on the top and bottom and a circle on the words.





Inside My Head
I think he feels annoyed because he has to go to school and work his brain
I think that he smells good because he has probably just had a shower
I think a boy drew this picture and I think he speaks Arabic because there is Arabic writing on the page
I think he lives in an interesting house

I think he knows how to use a ruler because the house is square



 A Day at an Arabic Church
“I have to go to Mosque,” said Suilaman.  Are you coming Dad? Yes. So 20 minutes later …Come on son, let’s go home.  I need help to fix the roof Suilaman. Can I watch TV dad please? Sure  2 minutes son. Thanks. I need help to fix the roof Suilaman. Sure I’ll help you Dad.  2 minutes later… “Dinner time” says Mum. Let’s go dad. OK. Go to sleep son. OK Cock-a-doodle-do as the rooster crows. We have a problem dad screamed. What is it dad please tell me. The roof is falling down.  Quick call someone. Where are the fixers, come fix our roof. 2 weeks later… Your roof is fixed. Yes. Whoo. 3 weeks later… They lived happily ever after.





Eye of Kings
On the 19th May in an imaginary land the King’s Eye was looking at the earth. The kids were playing in the flowers. But he was looking at the cat and the Eye was getting worried. Because the lizard got its giant teeth out and was ready to bite the cat. So he got a big box and put it on the giant lizard and went back to the kingdom and saw the kids in the kingdom and he said in his head “They must have been imaginary” so he used his imagination to put them back to earth. Then he went to the throne but the kids were jumping on the throne so he banished them from his imagination. He just went back and sat on the chair and fell asleep in this dream there were kids but the kids were evil and they were cutting the flowers so the Eye gave back their imagination and the King said we should make a wall so the people on earth can’t come into the world. But they sat still and imagined and had a big party and had water everywhere and the King got married to the Queen of Water. Thirty years later they had 200 one eyed water babies and the babies broke the wall so they had to make the wall again.
The End


Flowers are beautiful and so are you
Love and appreciate all that lives
Only show love not hate
We are as strong as we can be
Everything is beautiful that you do
Rainbows are happiness for you and me
Someone to guide us through glory



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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



9 - The magic Jar and, other stories

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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Once a man found a country and he put down his country’s flag.   He has glasses and a beard.  He has long arms and long legs and square boots and a small body. He has a blue face and lots of teeth and spiky hair.  The flag has red, white, black and yellow stripes.




Once upon a time there were two robots called Bobie and Lulu.  They lived in tents.  Bobie lived in a black and brown tent.  Lulu lived in a yellow, red and green tent.  They each had a flag.  Lulu’s had lots of different shapes and colours on it.  Bobie’s was a red and black and white flag.  They had pets too.  Bobie had a spider and Lulu had a bird.  They had a car to share but Bobie would always drive because Lulu did not have a robot license but she wanted one.  She needed to be 19 but she was only 18.  It was her birthday tomorrow and Bobie was going to give her some lessons and she loved it.




Once upon a time there was a girl that was sick.  She tried to get better by opening her curtains but that didn’t work.  The next day she closed her curtains and tried some tea but it didn’t work.  The next day she ordered a chef to make her some food while she stayed in bed but that didn’t work.  The next day she tried but this time she did something different because she did everything but this time she got out of bed to make the food and at the end of that she felt better.  



Happiness and sun poem

You’re very happy like the sun.
Happy will grow anywhere anytime.
Everyone likes ‘HAPPINESS’ and you will too!
You will ‘LOVE’ ‘HAPPINESS’ when you’re awake when the sun shines you will be ‘HAPPY’.
When you look at the sun you will say: I’m very ‘HAPPY’ like the SUN.




The Animals
Once upon a time there was a stone age man.  He was going to find out new things.  He had already found a lot of things; waves, monsters, dots, flowers, letters, stairs, and bones.  He wanted to find animals.  He went to the jungle.  He was on his way to the beach.  He saw something pass by.  Then he went to chase it.  When he caught up with it he saw it was flying.  Therefore he named it butterfly.  He put it in a container and took it with him.  At the half-way mark he saw something big move in the trees.  It was a very big animal.  He thought it had fur, so he climbed a tree and looked around.  Right in front of him was a giant animal.  He named the animal Gorilla.  His dream was accomplished


The Magic Jar

The butterflies were flying and it was a beautiful sunny day at Jade Tree park Mary and Jack were having a picnic with Daniel and Marissa.  Daniel and Jack had presents for Marissa and Mary.  Jack went first.  He had a pet butterfly and he gave it to Mary but as he opened the cage the butterflies flew far away.  Then Daniel s turn.  He had a rose for Marissa.  Marissa loved it.  Jack felt jealous of Daniel so he pulled out a jar for Mary.  It was very dusty but as Mary wiped it off a big genie came out of the jar, then ..poof… a smoke bomb came out of nowhere and also out came Phoebe.  Phoebe took the genie and said, “I want respect, I want love. I want Jack”.    Then Whazzap … Whazzap … Whazzap.  A big electric  bomb electrified three things – Phoebe, the genie and the jar and they all disappeared.  Mary quickly thanked Marissa and said maybe it should be the end of the picnic but it wasn’t the last.



Once upon a time there lived Andrew and his father Issan.  They were a poor family.  So Andrew didn’t have a good education.  His clothes smelled like they were never washed and he hardly ate anything.  One day someone from the other Country came.  He told Andrew and his dad Issan that they could be rich.  But one condition, they must obey the Prime Minister or they will have a poor life like they are.
They chose yes for Andrew and his father to get a better education and better food to eat.    So we went to the plane to go to the other Country.  It was beautiful to see the other country.  We had never seen the other country in our whole life and we were rich.  So we got the first class plane and better food and better education.  But this all sounded fishy to Andrew.  To get all of this for a little condition.  So one day Andrew went to the man who gave them everything and he couldn’t believe his eyes.  The Prime Minister was a monster that feeds on amazement and joy and he was feeding on Andrew and Issan.  Andrew said I have to make a stop to this.  I tracked down kids like me and tried to recruit them.  They all said yes.  We made a plan to destroy the Prime Minister.  First we will distract the Prime Minister’s followers.  Then the group and I will go into the Prime Ministers lair.  We saw the Prime Minister with everything we got.  But nothing worked.  Then I saw a weakness and I attacked him there.  We defeated the Prime Minister.  I then remembered don’t I go back to being poor again but somehow I was still rich.



Once upon a time there was a little boy.  He and his mum lived on a rocky beach where it was very hot.  One day the little boy went to rob a bank where there was gold and sweet cash.  To be rich.  Then the guardians saw the little boy with a sword and a double shield that was made of metal.  Then his mum came to help her son.





Once there was a man.  He wanted war.  So he went in a tank and destroyed the town. But there were two houses and one tree left.  The tree was a shield.  The man was so angry he popped.  Then the tree snapped and the houses fell down.

The End



I live right here in a house like this
Which is right next to a man named Chris
I am never sad
I am very glad
That I live in a house like this!





Roses are red, violets are blue.
I made this poem just for you.





Community garden

At our community garden there are lots of wonderful plants.
At our community garden everything is as sweet smelling as sugar.
Our community garden is made of love.
It’s built and grown by people who care about our planet where we live.
It’s still alive today.
You have to look for it.



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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

8 - The central star, and other stories

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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Once there were two houses with a tree in the middle.  There were two people watering the garden.





The Clown Story 
Once upon a time there was a clown who lived in a small house.  One day he went for a walk on the beach.  He saw that there was an old hut.  He didn’t know what to do so he discovered what was there.  When he got to the front door there was a sign that had a face on it.  It screamed out “Do not come in.”  The clown didn’t listen so he opened the door and there was treasure.  He walked back home and he lived happily ever after.


The end




One day a little girl was going home from school while her Mum was looking at a fern tree.  It was her Mum’s favourite tree in the whole world.  She wouldn’t let anyone displant it.  She would watch it whenever she was bored.  Whenever it was misty she would go close where she could see it.  She just loved it.  One day the girl asked her “ Why do you love it so much?”  “I love it so much because of the shape.”


The most fierce pirate!
Once upon a time there was a ship that had huge cannons and fierce pirates.  One day a giant piranha was heading for them.  “Get the cannons said a crew member.”  “Okay”, said another crew member.  But it didn’t work.  Then one of the best pirates got a rope and strangled the piranha.  “Yay, we now have a feast!”  Then they had a beautiful night having fried fish.




There’s a flower.
I can see a little boy.
I can see a lovely flower.
I can see a swirly flower.
I can see a bee and I can see a beautiful ladybug.  It might be growing in a garden with lots of other flowers.
The flowers might be flying away from the garden.
I can see a garden and a boy in it.
The End




I can see a flower, some roses and beautiful leaves.  They are growing in a garden or maybe a garden oh so far away, or a forest.  Oh beautiful, beautiful flowers growing everywhere.





I like the bicycle with the wheels.  I like the flower.  It looks good.  I can see the really, really, really fantastic flag.  I love the mouse, its fantastic.  I like the lovely fridge with the food and drinks in it.  It looks fantastic.  I have a bike.



This looks good   
I see a fish in the sea and a flag.
I see a big face with a hat.
I see really good mountains.
Did the fish follow the face?  Did they go to the Spikey Mountain? 
Don’t they have fun sometimes?  Then they went to the flag.  The face said I’m hungry.  The fish went as fast as he can then the fish swam under the rock, then the face went away.



The central star.

Once upon a time 4 arrows made the central star.  500 years later 16 tiny African villagers decided they should go there.  They met their master, “Master Wong” in the middle of the plains.  “What are you doing here?” asked John and Garth together.  “I’m collecting food for Qertiville”, said Master Wong proudly.  “C’mon” said Leo, so with a swish of their wands they were gone.  “Hope you make it” Wong shouted hopefully at the top of his lungs.  Later on they had reached Gishj Moo (another galaxy).   They landed on the planet Postuioo.  “What is the place?” asked Ruby.  “I don’t know but there’s the central star”. Everybody gasped.




One Day
It was a sunny day.  There was a lake and the animals went there because they wanted to swim on the lake.  After that the animals were hot in the sun, so they drank the lake and went home.
Lakes are like rivers.
Animals like to swim and drink the lake.
Kangaroos like to drink lakes as well.
Echidnas like to drink from lakes too.




Prince and Princess
I like my pink castle.
Nine pretty rooms.
Kick the castle and it won’t break.
Castles shine but mine’s the best.
Elastic shines around my dress.
Stars are everywhere.
Take a look and you will love it.
Lighter, lighter.
Everybody admires me.



Once upon a time a girl called Nobody was on a windmill.  She found a rock then she found a big large stone and then she found a basketball hoop.



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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

7 - From the depths of the sea, and other stories

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