Year 5 students deliver drought relief in Dubbo.

Two weeks ago, we joined a group of St Luke’s students on a trip to Dubbo. The purpose of the trip was to donate the money that the school raised for the drought appeal. We handed over about  $10,000  to Macquarie Anglican School who shared it with farming families in need. We stayed at Macquarie Anglican School boarding house. At the school we had an agriculture lesson and we grew some wheat, walked and fed the cattle and we collected eggs from the chickens.

While we were there, we saw the effects of drought and how they affected the farmers. There was only pale brown grass and no water on the surface of the land. Before we went, we didn’t really understand the drought as much as we do now. We realised that drought affects everyone in the area and everything in its path. It completely turns the land into a dust ball. Farmers can’t raise their animals which means that they don’t earn any money. It isn’t a fun thing being in a drought because farmers don’t have as much income and this can affect the local and the national economy. Australians can lose jobs, budget and everything that the government needs to build our country.

We also brought the rain with us. On the last night it poured down with rain