Food, Water and Supply Stress

Food, Water and Supply Stress ===

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Usually a letter, a letterhead, and it's like, I elder blah, support this program, blah. And then, and then it's got a signature. But in my, in my mind and when I go to community letters don't really mean that much. Right? Like it's much more a conversation, a connection, and a letter. Yeah. Um, but yeah, uh, it's because.

There's lots of organizations, like especially large organizations, that, um, are able to access lots of funds because they have good relationships with community. And I just, yeah, we're just wondering if that actually happens. There's a lot of funds available. Yeah, of course. To support communities, but a lot of it's not coming out and all money.

Um, yeah. She can, um, ask me if I want to support. The, the funding that they getting to help the [00:01:00] young Utes. And I said, yeah, I'll be in on it. They want to get, uh, a bike. Shed get all the bikes, the bikes so that, so the Utes can start working. Buy together. Together. Yeah. They do it themselves. And she said that, um, do you want the eldest to, if they willing to support be paid with it Yeah.

Of that funding. And she said she knows of a lot of funding that they can get. And she asked me what else they can do in the community and I said, well. I always said that we, before in some meetings, we had, uh, young youth and young, young people, you know, I said, they [00:02:00] haven't got a scout and Gail died. I said, they used to have us, we were used to have, you know, growing up.

And I said, why don't they put that back in the community? She said, yeah, that is a good idea. She said, I can get the funding for it. She said, I can bring. The scout master from over town come and help work it with these young children here. Mm-hmm. I said, that'll be something good for the kids, you know?

Yeah. Work with the young kids. I said, they'll be happy to go camping over Ex Island. That'd be good for those troubled teens. Yeah. Get them involved. You know? She said, that is a good idea. I'm gonna think about, and so she said, oh well. Try and get the funding, I will get the funding for it. She said, have you, I said, I've always wanted to support girl based scouts.

You know, they bought it. Someone said, yeah, that's a good idea. But that never happened. But I, I know like, [00:03:00] um, I used to work for the government and now I can't stand it. It's a bit hard. Um, but I know your voices have a lot of power in shifting. Um. The access of funding for some organizations because if you have a video, especially for an elder that says this is how this program might support young people, for example, that carries a lot of weight.

Weight. And I think the one thing I'm interested in is how do you then understand like how much that's actually worth, right? To yourself. 'cause I think that creates a lot of. Empowerment or like understanding, uh, and value as well. Yeah, I'm trying, I was trying to work on, I'm trying to work on this thing where, um, a lot of organizations tell stories with people, especially people that are marginalized or doing it tough, [00:04:00] and then they use those stories to raise money.

So it's like, oh, look at this person. He's poor. We did a video and we helped him. And then they get lots of. It's like a campaigner, right? They get lots of, I'm trying to work out how you can empower people who tell their story to like own it and that have access to it all the time. So, for example, if, if I, I sat down and did a video with you, I would, um, take the video and then I would send you the video and be like, Hey, do you like this?

Is this okay? And then I'd almost walk through and be like, oh, I think we can use it for the youth program. Then if that video would then go to, but I think there's, there's almost like a part of that, which is the value that you gave. Right. So you, your video has value then. Yeah. I took a big, a nice video of uncle that we can share as well.

If you wanna see an example of [00:05:00] how we did that. We went up to the, the lookout did a little video. He'd like to see that. Yeah. Come on. YouTube. You are catching chain and a leg on YouTube. Oh yeah. Oh, which red jacket on? Oh, good on here. Yeah, it was at the, at Oh, how long ago was that? On? Called Couple, Sean was there a Sean.

Couple of years ago. Yeah. Yeah. He's trying to hide that one. Sure. Where is it? Children, you gotta one. Yeah. You know, had q Yeah. Remember all then we was all there. Um, beer. Oh yeah. But I wonder it's, it's okay if we can't do it. This like, I'm here till tomorrow. Um, I, if anyone has time this afternoon or tomorrow to sit down.[00:06:00]

And do an interview with me. I'd love to if, if anyone's keen on that, start the elders. Yeah. Yeah. We could do that. Yeah. Do the elders, because I think they're more important, you know, their, their information is good too. You know, they've got a lot, what they say is powerful too, and we could do it somewhere super comfy, right?

Yeah. Wet suits. Yeah. Do it. Sit on the beach in kin it.

She was just gonna swear me. But we could do in a, like in a house or in a chair. See, Murphy is comfortable. Your place on the ground. I look at have cats. Him, it's all right. If he wouldn't mind that. I ain't no good. I don't think the beach would be good. Yeah. Sit down and just on the beach at the table and a, yeah.

Good at that. Yeah, for sure. Park down. [00:07:00] Yeah, that's another thing. Park. Where do you reckon, uncle? Yeah. Somewhat. That good there with thirties to be nice at the brand. Nice thirties. Yeah. That's just thirties. Yeah. In front background. Yeah. Ty's awesome. It's got some nice shade there. Permission there. Yeah.

You gotta get pick. Took us, pick guns that I was, yeah, I went down there the other day and did some interviews already. It's nice down there. Yeah.

But yeah, I'd be can like whenever you are, whether we do it now or when you Yeah. Who wants to come?

S still there, but they're sorting everything out. They've got training at at the moment. Yeah, that's what I mean. I come [00:08:00] from there. Oh yeah. Right. They're down there in training. Yeah. Damn. And run away and head sore. Been in it all week. But they're, they're there, but we'll have our own little area. Go down a beach.

Yeah, go down the beach, sit down and have thing there. French lay there in the background. Yeah. Yeah. Of lovely. Of course. Like Miss Big,

who's.

What's this? Look, what's this about? No tell you story. I think this, this is about you. This is not about anything else. No. Just tell your story what happened here? How long you've been here. Mm. Because how old are you? 87. Eh? Yeah. You see? Don't. Amazing. You don't go too far. Uh, about 86. 86. Yeah. And mom? Mm.

Right. [00:09:00] In July. Yes, that's what I'm saying. 87. Just about.

That's funny. Yeah. That uncle. Okay. Uh, I'm gonna grab all my books to go down there this morning. All my Michael, you don't wanna drink with in front of these people 'cause you won't get drunk. Oh really? No. Why is that? You'd be laughing to my, oh.

So cool. Well, why don't, um, yeah, if, if you can, and I can, I've got a car if that's easier.

You are gonna take some photos around, get this and that and all that. Leave them until after, but there's hang walk way, but, but you write of rules. They, it's right. It's what? 10 past one? [00:10:00] Yeah.

You take somebody to get the grape. You seen them come taxi? Yeah. What catching you? They give me eggs so you can come down there after. Yeah. No worries. Yeah. You hold a foot. You do.

Uh, whatever you got. Yeah.