Care Packs

Care Packs make up one part of the Five Big Ideas program, where pre-schoolers learn about personal hygiene, basic health care and simple nutrition. Every year, Gunawirra provides preschoolers (age 2-5) from supported regional NSW preschools with school bags filled with soap, tissues, toothbrush, toothpaste, bandaids, under garments, socks, pencils, activity books and much more. 

Providing these basic household needs help disadvantaged families enormously. The children and families involved in preparing the care packs also get to understand how disadvantaged children and families can go without basic household needs that most have at home. Many children write notes or draw pictures for the packs so that the children get to understand where they come from and that another child helped them.

Registration to get involved in donations will be open from February until May. All donations are collected by end of May. The kits will be sent to supported pre-schools around June – July.