PHOTO: The ‘Doin it for Rural Aussie Kids’ Charity has so far assisted over 1600 children and families in the past three years with Christmas gifts and motivational talks in small rural schools.
In February 2020, just when farmers thought things couldn’t possibly get any worse; that the livestock wouldn’t survive another day and that it would never rain again – the storm clouds loomed, and the rain belted down after the long years of drought-stricken grief.
This is the message that the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program want to shell out in their forthcoming book ‘My Drought Story;’ that there always is a light at the end of every tunnel – no matter how dark and gloomy.
The ‘My Drought Story’ Book is currently open for submissions, and the team are inviting anyone who has a story to tell to submit their photos and examples of how they coped during the tumultuous time…