Following National Reconciliation Week (with Mabo Day closing out this important week on 3 June each year), we thought we might mention a wonderful initiative that sits within our office – Nunga Oog!
Last Saturday, the Office of the Guardian’s beloved safety symbols – OoG and Nunga OoG – walked, danced, and hopped the 3.5km pageant track that led Father Christmas to Adelaide’s Town Hall, and marked the official welcoming of the ‘big guy in red’ to Australia.
This year’s pageant was a special milestone for the Office, celebrating Nunga OoG’s very first appearance.
We are thrilled to share with you all that Nunga Oog was officially launched last Friday.
Meet Nunga Oog, our long-awaited safety symbol for Aboriginal children and young people in care – just in time for Reconciliation Week!
After two years in the making, Nunga Oog is well on its way to becoming a cuddly friend for Aboriginal children and young people in care.
The Nunga Oog team have packed up their art supplies and hit the road to regional South Australia.
The long-awaited safety symbol for Aboriginal children and young people in care, Nunga Oog, is taking shape after our face to face workshops kicked off
We are excited to announce the much loved Oog is getting a friend! Just like Oog, who is the safety symbol for children and young
Over the last few months, we have had the opportunity to get out and about and have fun with some of the amazing children and young people we work for.
Today, the team were out at Parafield Gardens, celebrating National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day at the Aboriginal Family Support Services ‘Connection to Culture Children’s Day’.
We had resources to give away for little ones (including colouring-in, temporary tattoos and booklets) and fun activities like hand painting and a raffle to win one of our special plush toys. Our beloved safety symbol for First Nations children in care, Nunga Oog, popped in to say hi and have his photo taken throughout the day!
We acknowledge and respect Aboriginal People as the traditional owners
and custodians of the land we live and work on, their living culture and their unique role in the life of South Australia.