Disaster Resilient: Future Ready
Kumbia Hall Prepare & Connect
Activating the Kumbia Memorial Hall as an accessible Community Meeting Place that supports resilience building and disaster preparedness now and into the future, through hall upgrades, a schedule of events, training, resources and information sharing.
Our Project
The Kumbia and District Memorial School of Arts Inc. is the lead organization for the Kumbia hall Prepare and Connect Program. A working group of volunteers from the Kumbia Community aiming to build skills, knowledge and capacity of the Kumbia community to be better prepared for future disasters through strengthening and sustaining the existing systems. The community idientified infrastructure upgrades to the Kumbia Hall, Network, Communication, Information, Self-Organising Systems and Resources as key areas of focus.
Meet The Team
January 2025 Storm Season
Kumbia roads become unsafe for travel, a reminder of what we are preparing for..
Our working group
Working together for our community
FRRR & Red Earth Foundation
Engaging & supporting our community
The Working Group
Kumbia & District Memorial School of Arts Committee became the lead organization to deliver the project.
Community events were used to build connections.
Australia Day - Emergency Information Sharing
Resources to support community during a disaster
First Aid kits, snake bite kits
Events, upgrades & resilience building in action..
Kumbia Connections Contact
Providing our residents with a list of local contacts and numbers.
Information Sharing in a fun way
Emergency information sharing as part of a fun evening at our Irish Cheap As Chips Dinner.
Grab 'n' Go Evacuation Kits
Free kits supplied to community members
Christmas in July Lunch
An opportunity to connect with each other and receive some vital disaster resilience information and Grab 'n' Go Boxes
The Power of Community in Tough Times
An engaging session on standing strong and supporting each other when the going gets tough.
Mental Health: Supporting rural communities
A showing of the Just A Farmer Movie highlighting the mental health issues within the regions along with support services.
Back to Kumbia Weekend: Community participation. Emergency Corner providing education and support.
Youth engagement through a Youth Workshop focused on Disaster/Emergency knowledge and ideas.
Community networking and building on past and present expericences of life in Kumbia. Forging new connections through shared experiences.
Reunions of past and present organizations.
Official recognition of the upgrades to the Hall from sponsors and donors.
Our Community Partners
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