Wagga youth inspired by annual holiday experience

Wagga Wagga saw the 12th Annual Wagga African Association’s (Wafrica) Intercultural program kick off in true style. Mount Austin Public School hosted the 2024 event, bringing together around 70 children from the Wagga Wagga community. Over 5 days, they learned, played and interacted without the interruption of devices and technology.

The program is supported by a Charles Sturt University Partnership Grant.

Charles Sturt’s Dr Kiprono Langat, lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Education (FAOE), and Dr Randy Adjonu, lecturer in food science and technology, helped facilitate the event and have marked it a great success. Activities around crafts, sports, literacy

and numeracy ensured there was something for everyone, while educating the kids in a fun, interactive environment. This year’s event added an extra layer with leadership discussions for the older children, which was extremely well received.

This is just one landmark event that Wagga Wagga’s multicultural community hosts to continue to build and nurture relationships with the wider Australian community.