{"id":14079,"date":"2025-06-11T11:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/?p=14079"},"modified":"2025-06-11T11:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T00:48:38","slug":"how-the-ganya-works-like-a-gift-economy-by-rose-fairall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/?p=14079","title":{"rendered":"How the Ganya Works like a Gift Economy, by Rose Fairall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe Ganya Shed is radical. It resists the idea that everything must be bought.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I first heard about the Ganya Shed, I didn\u2019t know what to expect. I&#8217;ve been\u00a0helping Uncle Lex get things ready for the opening. I\u2019ve made the poster. \u00a0I&#8217;m helping with the money and \u00a0organising donations. It isn\u2019t just about helping; it is about being part of something that didn\u2019t ask for anything in return but gives everything it can. The Ganya Shed, sitting quietly in Wentworth Falls with Yanama budyari gumada above its entrance, is more than a place; it\u2019s a shelter where kindness is passed around like tea and stories.\u00a0<br><br>Uncle Lex started the Ganya Shed so everyone, especially young mob, can learn skills like woodwork, cooking, and building in a safe, welcoming space. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people work side by side, teaching each other, helping each other. That\u2019s the gift economy in real life.<br><br>We all bring something: time, skills, energy, and we all leave with more than we came with. As Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, \u201cGratitude is the thread that connects us in a deep relationship both to the gift and to the giver.\u201d That\u2019s exactly how it feels at the Ganya Shed. No one\u2019s there to make a profit. People come because they care. And when we show up for each other, again and again, we grow stronger together.\u00a0<br><br>I heartily recommend you read Rose\u2019s full article at <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.us16.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=4fd16fa15a7eac1a3e4e390cb&amp;id=4e79e17210&amp;e=1441304d2f\">Ganya and the Gift Economy | Kindlehill Senior School Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ganya-Shed-Opening-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14080\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Ganya Shed is radical. It resists the idea that everything must be bought.\u201d When I first heard about the Ganya Shed, I didn\u2019t know what to expect. I&#8217;ve been\u00a0helping Uncle Lex get things ready for the opening. I\u2019ve made the poster. \u00a0I&#8217;m helping with the money and \u00a0organising donations. It isn\u2019t just about helping; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":901682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/901682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/khpost.test.pallasmarketing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}