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Australia’s Raging Fires Traumatize School Children
The Australian child’s picture shows a Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer with a distinctive mark on his cheek wearing orange overalls as he is surrounded by flames and billowing smoke.
It is one of about a dozen images created by the 46 children at Dixons Creek Primary School, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) northwest of Melbourne, to thank firefighters for their efforts during Australia’s worst wildfire disaster.
The messages the toddlers have penned to accompany the images are no less confronting, including: "Dear CFA, I hope you don’t die in the fires, you saved as much lives as you can, from Jonah, Indika and Chris."
School principal Sharon Walker said helping children overcome the trauma of the wildfires that claimed at least 210 lives last month was the most difficult challenge she had faced in more than 30 years as a teacher.
Walker’s pupils come from some of the townships hit hardest by the fires, meaning she and her staff have become de facto counselors, not just for students but also for parents.
Most of the children experienced raging fires bearing down on their homes, with four losing their houses and one girl hunkering down in a shelter from flames that her mother later admitted she did not expect to survive.
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