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Video: Child drawing on pillowcases with the Australian Red Cross logo in the top left corner and the Australia Post logo in the top right corner
Audio (Tarryn Murray, Pillowcase Program Volunteer, Australian Red Cross): Being able to prepare these students, in both how to relax
Video: Two Australian Red Cross female volunteers sit cross-legged on the floor in a classroom with students...
Video: Tarryn talking to camera...
Audio (Tarryn): and through our breathing in colour, but also in preparing a pillowcase,...
Video: Kids drawing in the classroom...
Audio (Tarryn): ...gives them power.
Video: Chelsea Warfield, Teacher, Derby District High School talking to camera...
Audio (Chelsea): People get trapped in communities quite often. And a lot of our students and families...
Video: Overview of rural area with a single road in to and out of town...
Audio (Chelsea): ...will get caught out there in the wet seasion.
Video: Overview of the town itself.
Audio (Rebekah Martin, Senior Officer and WA Pillowcase Coordinator, Australian Red Cross): Each community is completely different....
Video: Rebekah talking to camera.
Audio (Rebekah): ...and we acknowledge that, and we want to ensure that...
Video: children playing with cards on the ground.
Audio (Rebekah): ...the program fits to the community's needs.
Video: Steven Cox (Broome Postal Manager, Australia Post) and Rebekah walk through the town past the past office.
Audio (Rebekah): The support of funders like Australia Post...
Video: Rebekah and male post office team member standing in the post office looking at drawings kids have done.
Audio (Rebekah): ...is incredibly vital.
Video: Steven speaking to camera within the post office.
Audio (Steven): Empowering and educating school children on preparedness...
Video: Kids drawing in a classroom.
Audio (Steven): ...not only makes a difference to themselves, but their families and the resilience of the whole community.
Video: Two female Australian Red Cross volunteers standing in classroom with kids holding up their completed drawn on pillowcases.
Video: Red screen with Australia Post logo, transitions to split screen with Australian Red Cross on white background.
Pillowcase workshops help students prepare for floods
See how students in Derby are preparing for future floods through the Australian Red Cross Pillowcase Workshops.
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Video: A river winds through a bush city of low buildings. A love heart hangs on a house. A man in a red polo shirt is interviewed outside the post office which is in a temporary building.
Text: "Glyn Harding, Australia Post Postal Manager." Glyn brings a parcel to a customer.
Audio: Glyn: Lismore is a city renowned for flooding. That's our history. This one was a 1-in-500-year flood.
Video: A man in a blue Australia Post business shirt sits in a warehouse.
Text: "Matthew Wilson, Australia Post Delivery Manager." The huge centre is deserted. Parcels sit on shelves. Matthew scans a parcel then waves.
Audio: Matthew: Initially, when the flood hit, we couldn't work at all. The delivery centre was full of water.
Video: Love hearts hang in the post office window, and in a house window.
Audio: Glyn: What I would recommend to most people is that they have an evacuation plan in place and that they check on their neighbours.
Video: Matthew hands a customer a parcel. A sign reading "Not Done Yet" is decorated with a heart. A statue's pink hands with green spots hold up a heart that's emblazoned "You are here."
Audio: Matthew: Make sure you've packed a bag. Be ready to get out as soon as the authorities let you know.
Video: Glyn weighs a parcel. A customer leaves the post office.
Audio: Glyn: Looking around the town now, there is people that are coming back.
Matthew: There’s a lot more community spirit. And, you know, we're tough buggers in Lismore.
Video: On the left half of the screen, the Australia Post logo appears against a red background. On the white right side of the screen, the words "Proud partner" appears above the Australian Red Cross logo.
When extreme weather is the new norm
Our people, Glyn and Matthew, know firsthand the impact disaster can have.
Having recently experienced the flooding in Lismore NSW they know recovery takes time and community spirit.
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Video: The Australia Post logo sits in the top right corner. A town of low buildings sprawls on the edge of a broad river. Sitting on rocks, a young man with light brown hair frowns out over the flowing water. The young man is interviewed on a couch.
Text: "James Wallace, Red Cross Community Recovery Officer."
Audio: James: When the floods happened, it was quite eerie. All that water was coming downstream towards us and it then flooded the town of Woodburn, where our place is. It obviously isn't a nice thing to come back to a town that has been so severely impacted.
Video: James strides along Woodburn's riverside path. He sits on a bench and chats with another young man.
Audio: James: The three things that are really important to plan for before a disaster - get to know your neighbours, have a bag packed and know where you're going to go if it's safe to do so. Like, have a meeting place.
Video: On the left half of the screen, the Australia Post logo appears against a red background. On the white right side of the screen, the words "Proud partner" appears above the Australian Red Cross logo.
Three things to do to prepare for a disaster
We know from our partner, Australian Red Cross, that being prepared can make a huge difference to the ability to cope with a disaster.
Australian Red Cross Recovery Officer and Woodburn NSW local, James Wallace, shares his top three tips.
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