Director of Mary Bailey House

Mary Bailey House Early Education Centre

The Mary Bailey House (MBH) Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) has the goal to build relationships with community. Over the past month the MBH Yarnin Circle has been working towards this goal by connecting with Baabayn Aboriginal Corporation Young Mums and Bubs Group.

In April, we were invited to attend the Young Mums book launch. The book told the collective story of the young mums. Each mum told their story and painted an image for the book. It was a big event with Baabayn elders and members of the local community present.

For Mother’s Day, MBH preschoolers invited centre families to donate items to go into pamper packs for the young mums. Our preschoolers helped with writing the invitation and suggesting what could be donated. They also decorated the pamper pack bags and helped the teachers pack them. The pamper packs were delivered to the young mums in time for Mother’s Day.

The MBH Yarnin Circle will continue to build our connection with the Young Mums and Bubs Group by walking with them.

The MBH RAP vision is to raise awareness and respectfully educate our community about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories and ways of knowing and being. It has this vision as we believe that when people build knowledge and understanding they can be agents in reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the broader Australian community. The MBH Yarnin Circle is responsible for making this vision a reality.

Our RAP can be accessed on the Narragunnawali website https://www.narragunnawali.org.au/

Jackie Baxter
Director of Mary Bailey House