For three years Dorothy Waide Centre for Early Learning has donated what they could to the High Himailaum Community Project (HHCP) in Nepal.
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With the recent earthquakes in Nepal causing immense damage, the centre’s Stephanie Wardle thought it a was good idea to put on an art exhibition with money raised going to the HHCP.
“For about three years now we've donated resources, donated clothing, we've raised enough money to buy school uniforms,” she said.
“With the devastating earthquake we felt we needed to respond, and just after talking to the children about what's happened in Nepal we decided we wanted to do something.
“They all like art and love to get messy so we thought we may as well have an art exhibition featuring the kids’ work for the parents to buy and help donate to the cause.”
Along with the artwork done by the kids there will be a few pieces of work that have been donated by artists in the community up for auction.
Ms Wardle also hoped that by exposing the kids to world events such as the earthquake in Nepal, that they develop an understanding for other cultures and the challenges people face around the globe.
“We just hope by broadening the children's knowledge of culture diversity and the world around us that they will develop an awareness of the important roles that they can play in supporting others,” she said.
“If we can instil that from such a young age we hope that they can take that through life, to be compassionate towards all different people, all different countries, different religions and backgrounds.
“That's why we expose them to natural disasters I guess.
“If we want the society to change for the better we need to start from the base up I guess.
“You need to start with these young ones and that's what we've been trying to do for the past few years.”
The exhibition is on Sunday, May 31 from 2pm at the Dorothy Waide Centre for Early Learning.
Members of the community are welcome to attend and bid on the donated items.