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#WATWB March 2022 – River and Life

For five years an intrepid team, brought together by Damyanti Biswas and Belinda McGrath Witzenhausen, have shared good news stories in the We Are The World Blogfest #WATWB. Here we are again! (Supplied: Madman) via ABC News Australia. Accessed 27 March 2022. The coronavirus pandemic has led so many of us to take stock in what, and who, really matters to us. Among some of the things, we have…

#WATWB June 2021 – A Place To Vaccinate Indigenous Australians

Welcome to another post of the We Are The World Blogfest where I’m just sneaking in before the clock ticks over to July. Please show your support to other #WATWB bloggers. Australians are entering NAIDOC Week 2021. With the COVID Delta on the move, many Indigenous have opted out of in person and public events. But the memories and still there and the culture and stories are to be told.…

#WATWB May – The Conversations in Train

Welcome to We Are The World Blogfest yet again. Unlike trains, I’m not on time. Did I miss Platform nine and three quarters? Hardly. But, I’ve grown up in a family that had generations of us on and off the rails, so to speak! Both the paternal and maternal line of our clan (or crew) are loaded with railway people. Not least of these was our late Dad who served the New South Wales rail system for…

#WATWB April 2021 – Rewilding Scotland

As each month comes along there seems to be a scurrying to find a post. It’s like time is getting away from us. Yet, here we are. The co-host method has undergone a transformation of sorts and our two generous co-hosts this series are: Belinda Witzenhausen and Sylvia McGrath. Here is a link for this time around. Morning sun over Loch Tay, Killin, United Kingdom   –   Copyright  Unsplash via…

#WATWB March 2021 – On the Bus

Welcome to the We Are The World Blogfest #WATWB. We have been going since March 2017, sharing good news stories. Our c0-hosts this time around are: Sylvia McGrath, Roshan Radhakrishnan, Shilpa Garg, Eric Lahti, and Belinda Witzenhausen. Picture from Channel Nine News Canberra, Australia. Accessed 28 March 2021. To join this post you’ll need to hop on the bus! The Sleep Bus to be more exact.…

#WATWB February 2021 – Music Teacher Helps Heal Trauma of Refugees

Welcome to another post of the We Are The World Blogfest #WATWB. For this month we have fabulous co-hosts yet again. Sylvia McGrath, Peter Nena, Shilpa Garg,  Eric Lahti and  Belinda McGrath Witzenhausen. I always seem to be late with posts these days. But here we go. Photo credit: SBS news, accessed 28 February 2021. A music teacher is “helping refugees to heal their trauma through song” as…

It’s almost hard to believe that we are in 2021. As Aussies down South (where I am) are coming through a heatwave, those in the North of our world are playing in the snow. We are all trying to do the best we can to both contain COVID and to keep connected. The We Are The World Blogfest #WATWB is all about connecting us with good news. For the first month of 2021 our co-hosts are: Sylvia Grath,…