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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Grannies helping refugee children learn english form amazing connection with adelaide students - The Untold Story

Sheri Paschke (right) said she missed teaching children prior to the program. (ABC News: Bethanie Alderson)

A group of women who proudly call themselves "grannies" are dedicating their retirement to teaching refugee children how to read and write in English.

Blair Athol North Birth to Year 7 Primary School principal Darren Stevenson said he began brainstorming how he could establish a remote-teaching program at the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic which could support both the young and the old.

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