ABC News (Australia) published this video item, entitled “AFL program encourages Cherbourg students to stay in school and plan for their futures | ABC News” – below is their description.
In the small Indigenous community of Cherbourg in southern Queensland, it can be tough to motivate children to attend school regularly.
Many of the local kids know little or nothing of the world beyond the town and its population of 2,500, or the opportunities available to them a few hundred kilometres away in Brisbane.
This year the Brisbane Lions, in conjunction with the AFL Indigenous rounds, decided they wanted to do something to help bridge the gap.
With this in mind, they recently visited Cherbourg State School and introduced a group of young students to the game of AFL.
Frank Malone, the school’s success coach, said sport was the perfect medium for giving kids motivation to behave.
ABC News (Australia) YouTube Channel
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