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Video: Text: Australia Post is helping Australian Red Cross prepare communities for disaster through the Pillowcase workshops. The Australia Post logo.
A woman's hands draw with felt pens. A schoolgirl holds up a pillowcase adorned with an Australian Red Cross logo and a graphic. It depicts many labelled items contained within an oval. The oval's border is made up of different words relating to emergency equipment.
A bespectacled woman is interviewed. Text: Karyn Gillard. Project Officer. Australian Red Cross.
Audio: Karyn: The Pillowcase workshop is a program that we take into schools and we talk to children about the best way that they can be prepared in the event of an emergency.
Video: A meandering river is flanked by tree-covered banks. A town sits by the river. Karyn is interviewed in a classroom.
Audio: Karyn: In 2022, when the river was rising here, we became aware of anxieties among our young people in the schools. So we came up to the Riverland and worked in a number of schools, delivering the program.
Video: A sign outside a school reads 'Cobdogla Primary School'. A schoolgirl is interviewed. Text: Amalia. Year 4 student. Cobdogla Primary School.
Audio: Amalia: The river was rising a lot and there was heaps of water everywhere. It made me feel scared and worried that the school and my house could get flooded.
Video: Many tree trunks protrude from a lake beside a highway. Mounds of sandy soil sit in a clearing by a river. A gravel road passes prefabricated buildings. Two schoolchildren are interviewed. Text: Alex and Amalia. Year 2 students. Cobdogla Primary School.
Audio: Alex: Luckily it didn't hit our school. It hit our Nan's and we were just really worried.
Video: A short-haired woman is interviewed. Text: Karen Owens. School Teacher. Cobdogla Primary School.
Audio: Karen: Having the Red Cross come in and run that program for us helped students put together a plan. And that was really important because it gave students agency and control in a very challenging situation.
Video: Schoolchildren sit facing two Australian Red Cross workers, including Karyn. The presenters give a Red Cross Pillowcase workshop. Cross-legged, kids inhale and exhale with their eyes closed. Amalia is interviewed.
Audio: Amalia: The workshop helped to make me feel calm by breathing. It made me feel a bit more prepared because I had a plan.
Video: A blonde woman is interviewed. Text: Cassie. Parent.
Karyn continues her Australian Red Cross presentation before the children. Adults and children arrange flashcards on the classroom floor.
Audio: Cassie: It was lovely when she came home from school and talked about what she had learnt from the workshop. I could tell that she felt quite calm after that and she could tell me straightaway what she would take if we needed to evacuate our house.
Video: A schoolboy is interviewed. Text: Tyler. Year 6 student. Cobdogla Primary School. The Australian Red Cross presentation continues.
Audio: Tyler: They told us what an emergency is and what to bring, and how to deal with it with the colour breathing exercise.
Video: A schoolgirl is interviewed. Text: Lacey. Year 6 student. Cobdogla Primary School. Lacey holds up her pillowcase.
Audio: Lacey: If an emergency happened, I would definitely feel a lot more prepared because I've got my big pillowcase full of a pack list and ideas of what to bring.
Video: Karyn holds up a pillowcase. Schoolkids sit at communal tables and decorate their own pillowcases. Karen is interviewed.
Audio: Karen: Post that workshop, we noticed that students were a lot more confident, more self-assured in terms of being able to articulate what they need to do.
Video: Karyn is interviewed. Kids continue decorating their pillowcases.
Audio: Karyn: It's so good to be able to support young people and therefore their families and therefore their communities in any emergency that they might be facing in their life. With the support of our partner, Australia Post, we're able to reach 6,000 young people every year through the delivery of this Pillowcase workshop.
Video: Students and the two Australian Red Cross presenters hold up many oval-graphic pillowcases, now colourfully decorated.
Text: After completing the Pillowcase workshops, 98% of teachers said that they are very good or excellent in preparing students for emergencies.While 77% of students reported that they had shared what they learnt with their siblings, parents, grandparents and teddy bears.Learn more at auspost.com.au/disaster
On the left-hand side of the screen, the Australia Post logo appears with a red background. On the right, on a white background, text and a logo read: Proud partner, Australian Red Cross.