Naomi Moran – the girl who came through for her community in a crisis

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

What would you do if your town was flooded? Newspaper boss Naomi Moran didn't just chase the story, she made headlines herself! She rallied together a workforce to keep her community sheltered and fed after some major floods. But this was nothing new for Naomi, she's been giving back her whole life.

Written and narrated by 10-year-old Anouk Hockings.

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0:00.0	ABC Listen.
0:02.0	Ninemani, Nana, Nana, Nagananari Gungabina.
0:07.0	Hello, are you good?
0:09.0	My name is Tiana, my Ghana name is Gungabina, which means the caring one.
0:14.5	To begin, it's important that we acknowledge the country that we are on.
0:19.5	I'm on Ghana art to the lands of the Ghana people of the Adelaide Plains. We would like to pay our
0:25.5	respects to the custodians, to the ancestors that nurtured the land and the elders that
0:32.1	have led the way for generations. This is your land, this is your country,
0:37.9	it has always been Aboriginal land. And as this is a podcast whose reach is far and wide, we would like to extend our
0:46.3	respect to the elders of the lands this recording might reach.
0:50.7	Yes, go power. reach. Yes.
0:53.0	Girl Power.
0:56.0	This is a story of the girl who came through for her community in a crisis.
1:01.0	Naomi Moran, written and read by me,
1:05.0	10-year-old Anukokings.
1:07.0	As Naomi Moran reached the hoop,
1:12.0	she lifted the bull above her head and shot!
1:16.0	She pulled off a spectacular goal and threw her arms up in celebration.
1:21.5	Nice shot to rob. She short to laugh.
1:24.4	She heard the girls on the side of the court snaring.
1:28.1	They'd been watching the young Aboriginal girl dribbling the basketball down the court and Naomi knew that if anybody else had made
1:36.2	the shot they would have been impressed but for her all these girls had was contempt.
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