Australia, project for the national reconciliation week

HANNAH BAKER

537 TINGIRA CRES

NOOSA HEADS, AUS

NRW ORGANISERS

AUSTRALIA

RE : PROJECT FOR THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK

Dear organisers, I know the importance that you give to The National Reconciliation Week and I am really interesting about this project, that’s why I want you to know that I found a good idea to established the project for this year. But first, let me talk about why the project of the reconciliation week is so important to me.

Firstly, I believe that the discrimination about aboriginals people was a big mistake of course in Australia’s history and the fact that Australians people think they were superior to them to abused them was a big mistake too. This period of history does not represent any more than the Australian population is now. It’s time to change things, change mentalities, to accept others and ”say sorry“. This is the perfect time for reconciliation.

So, as professor of surfing, I had the idea to base the national reconciliation week on the surfing. The beach, the sand, the sun and the ocean are the place to be, they put everybody all right ! That’s why I propose to Australian’s people and aboriginals to practice surfing together in the morning at 8 o’clock with some professors and me, to learn how to surf at the Noosa Head Beach. For the lunch, at 12 o’clock’ each of us could take a picnic to be shared between us, It would allow to discover the various cultures concerning the tastes, the flavors, the cooking of people. The afternoon, a small competition will be organized with diverse teams to mixed everyone and create ties. This small competition will be finished at 19’o’clock, but the end of this small competition will not mark the end of the day because a giant barbecue will be organized on the beach by the organizers of this surfing day. And the music will rythm all our day. To organize this day I will lend thanks to my school of surf all the boards we will need and the surf equipment too, we will also have a giant barbecue with meats, some fruits and vegetables to make salads, juice to make non alcoholic cocktails in beautiful glasses. We will also need some tables to put the foods on, beach towels will be available to all, and there will also be a campfire on the beach where people can make roast their marshmallows.

I am convinced that this day may be the best day that exists as the best day of their life. Surfing is a good and cool activity where everybody is here to have fun. Shared a picnic will be a great idea because it can allow to talk, to discover differents things about people and to allow the open minded. The small competition with mixed teams will solidify and create ties between these individuals. Then the giant barbecue is the best idea that I ever had, it would allow people to relax, have fun without paying attention to the differences of each other's. This is better than anything.

We all want the same thing : The Reconciliation !

Yours sincerely.

Hannah Baker

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