Daycare Workers - Keeping Early Childhood Going After the Storm

Daycare Workers - Keeping Early Childhood Going After the Storm ===

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Are we gonna talk specific about the building? Uh, and not anything we can do wherever it takes us. Keen to learn House. So we have met Gary. Ben. Ben? Yeah. Jane. Jane, Akia. Akia. You put in and gimme a Alice. He was waving.

Alright. So you're documenting the plan? Yeah, just, um, I think pick are really interested in like what happens after an event like that and how it felt and then, yeah. What's the, what's the documentation you can have to like, show everyone what the stories were from that event? Um, yeah. Well, it, well it impinged on the.

Two or three [00:01:00] weeks. Mm. Still is actually what was like the, was was everyone here? That's the first question, I guess. Um, no, it was just Jamie, myself, and Troy. Really. What was it like when it was happening? Like did you feel like this was a big event or you not sure? Like how did it feel for you? It was so scary coming down to a building and, 'cause I was one of the cleaners coming in and, and seeing all this.

Wet water and then walking in, and then I had to go get some helpers out just to get the sweeping done, mopping out. It was terrible. And you have the water coming down the lines where the switches are? Mm-hmm. Yep. And yeah, all the, the printer, all the electric ports had water all over them. Wow. Desks all sucked up.

All the water and mold. Mold, yes. What rang up a lot. What, what, what was like the overall effect for the people that were supposed to use the, the center there? Like, do you [00:02:00] think that impacted them in terms of not being able to use it or how to go about it impacting big game? Yep. Because at the, at the same time, that was on track coming in every day.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that happened, we just felt sad to let him know, you know, the story was happening in the building. Room. Yeah. Still we're in, we're in still is the interrogation room with no windows. Mm-hmm. It's true. Yeah. Yeah. Just work. We've made it work. Yep. Um, yeah. Done stuff. We made, you know, works as much as possible, but just not ideal.

Um, at the same time, um, Loyola was working at, um, daycare. Daycare, and they. We're flooded out with, um, syringe. So there wasn't this new, there's no early childhood service right now, apart from our room. Wow. They're still not open. We're still not open at all. What was the name?[00:03:00]

Because you had Yeah. Had to look for another door 'cause I was casual. Now put the full time workers on, so I put it here and I was putting everywhere else and then they ended up calling me back just to go. We in one small room at the St. Michael's so week. Kids there that day. Kids also, and they're still not open today, so I Wow.

Parents have had to leave their, she couldn't. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. There's even medical staff which have had to leave the medical center, um, wow. People in all different jobs. And then when you need an appointment waiting longer. Um, there was also couldn't even do mobile playgroup for a long time because the, there was so many rate, like so [00:04:00] many, um, cases of that meiosis Mm.

From the soil. So, and that was what killed a lot of people. Quite a few in Townsville too. People in town, like quite a lot of people actually end up dying from it. Um, so can't even take the kids out to play in the dirt or go outside. Just sort of stuck. Oh, right. And what's the ongoing stuff that's happening now with the center?

Like how's that going at the moment, it's going, it's going, it's all being painted today, but this has been every time it rains, couldn't get done. Um, but right now they're on that roof doing the roof. It's all being painted in inside you. Oh, yep. Yep. Sand building. Good stuff happening. Cool. Yeah. What's the timeframe for that to to happen?

Hopefully we're back in Friday, but we were meant to be, it was only meant to be a week or two. We were meant to be out for, we meant to just move our stuff out so they could quickly do it and just go back in. And that was what, January? Yeah. That's a long time. Mm. Yeah. And I [00:05:00] think at most people's homes there was problems too, wasn't there?

Yeah. Mine had a big problem. I still have it today. I'm gonna be rain. Mm. Like our. And when the rain comes, I have a problem with the drains. Mm. And the water just goes in the back room. Mm. Anyone else's home. So cooked from the storm or all? All good. So you can just, on the wall, you can have Yeah. Mine all, all muddy.

Yep. It's all crowding away. I have upstairs and Oh, like my house is upstairs, but downstairs is my laundry. Yep. And the toilet. And it's just crowding away up and waiting. Show many pictures of what done to turn. Oh, gotta go around. I'll show you. But you up and waiting for, I'd love you to send 'em to me.

That'd be awesome if you can. Yeah, that'd be great. It'd be awesome. Any, yeah, any photos and stuff that you have is super helpful for the overall [00:06:00] picture of the story and what It's some of my bad models, so whatcha think guys? Yeah, so we're just going, I'm talking with many people as I can about what. And then we'll create a bit of like an artifact or an archive of what happens.

And then we might create like a book or like whatever people think's the best way to share that. But then there's even like, um, even talking about what's like a artifact or something you can create in community that is representative of what happened and like a reminder or a story or something positive that you could build or like.

Because, yeah, they've got some money off Nacho. So the idea is that you can actually create some kind of thing that represents resilience or support or even something you didn't have before, or when we go, um, let the power, the power, what he's asking about, what do you think can, [00:07:00] what do you think money can pay for to significant.

Mm. They're beautiful. Nice. I see they've done the lookout case. Oh. What he's asking about is like, he's asking what other stuff can be done can be done. That's one of the rain. That's my foundation. Yeah. Wow. Maybe it's gotta be all bass. Yeah, just build it up. Yeah. Lift it.

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supposed to

not when it's continuously rain. The one, yeah. Do you reckon you'd be able to collate photos from the ladies that they might have? That'd be, and we have some building. Yeah. Yeah. The building. One day [00:08:00] Jamie was in there, she'd just look, because I couldn't get here, the plane wouldn't fly, so. James and there alone.

And then Roy went and helped her and, yeah, text them the other, yeah, you sent them to me. Oh yeah, I did. Yeah. So I got them. And What about the, what about the kids? Well, oh, that's a nice, that's cool. Oh yeah. I was there when the rain came and Awesome. Washed out. Washed out. Yeah. If you could chuck 'em all in one folder, that'd be awesome.

Yeah. Yeah. Driving and they said, I'm gonna take pictures and, yeah. Wow. Did it impact any of the other clients that you had to leave over at Selectability? Really? No. No, they were all pretty good. All good. Okay. That's good. All good? Yeah. I did a video. Did you have any effects at your house or anything else?

Um, just the, um, lounge. Yeah. Was leaking. Oh yeah. In the roof. Thought that was about it. Yeah. Yeah. Did that get fixed pretty easily or? Um, they end up coming to fix it. Yeah. Yeah. That's good. That in my yard. [00:09:00] Wow. Yeah, we, through the ladders, we, it was coming through my ladders. We Yep. And spraying in. We had to just have to close the glass Sliding door is what it's when everything outside.

Yeah. Yeah. It was, yeah. Right. And then I think the good thing to come out of it, they're finally doing our roof. Yeah. After how many years? They wanting it done for about seven years. We get no new roof. They're painting the. Walls, we should be back in this week. We've got all new resources. Yeah. Um, we've got, that's good.

The whole building. Um, and everybody's been pretty supportive towards us being reopened again, like all the families as well. I think. Yeah. It's been like when he's going back in, we want to bring kids in, so that's good. Yeah. Cool. We've got extra. We've, it was a good time. We were able to, um, get extra staff on board, which was good.

So there has been some. Like for playgroup? Yeah. Um, I suppose there's been some positives and when we go back [00:10:00] I think it'll be really good. Mm. It was just us for a long time, so. Yeah. True, true. That was something. Well, that's awesome. Um, I'd love to take some photos of people if people are happy with that.

Is that okay? Yeah. Yeah. Is anyone not happy to get their phone? That's, I'm not, no. Okay. Okay. That's fine. That's okay. Whoever's not, is that, that's cool. Um. Can we, there's, there's a lovely photo, um, light here. That'd be okay. Yeah. So we sit where we stand. Stand over. Uh, just here.

What are you, what you doing?