The Sexual Assault Clinic is a NPO based in Benoni, Gauteng and helps any child who has fallen victim to sexual or physical assault, in the community we serve. We are a medico-legal clinic, that is, we confirm through medical examination whether any sexual or physical harm has come to a child. As part of the clinic’s awareness and prevention initiative in our community, we have developed a South African “Rhino and Elephant Abuse Awareness Project”. This project is presented in partnership and with the consent of the creator and author of “Koala and Bunny”, Al Smith in Australia. The project is targeting pre-schools and primary schools and includes children between the ages of five and nine years of age.

Rhino visited Elephant every day.

Nurse Zebra was always chasing dirty germs away.

The HIV Bug causing HIV

if we touch someone else’s blood;

The Flu Bug giving us runny noses

if we do not eat our vegetables and

The Bad Bug giving us all kinds of sicknesses

if we do not wash our hands.

HIV BUG

FLU BUG

BAD BUG

Elephant had to see Doctor Lion for a very long time

because the germs went deep into her ears.

Rhino and Elephant both got better and learnt to take

special care of the openings in their bodies and not to

touch anyone else’s openings, because if germs get

inside us we can get very sick.

Once upon a time there were two best friends named

Rhino and Elephant.

One day Elephant was sitting on an anthill enjoying her tree

leaves and when she has eaten all the leaves, she dropped

the bare twig that was left and it landed on Rhino’s head.

Elephant laughed so much she fell of the anthill.

Rhino took the twig and stuck it in Elephant’s ear.

Elephant took the twig and stuck it in Rhino’s nose,

and now they were both laughing.

Rhino and Elephant both became ill because the germs

from Elephant’s twig got inside their bodies.

After a while Doctor Lion cleaned all the germs out of

Rhino’s nose and he was allowed to go home.

Rhino visited Elephant every day.

Nurse Zebra was always chasing dirty germs away.

The HIV Bug causing HIV

if we touch someone else’s blood;

The Flu Bug giving us runny noses

if we do not eat our vegetables and

The Bad Bug giving us all kinds of sicknesses

if we do not wash our hands.

Elephant had to see Doctor Lion for a very long time

because the germs went deep into her ears.

Rhino and Elephant both got better and learnt to take

special care of the openings in their bodies and not to

touch anyone else’s openings, because if germs get

inside us we can get very sick.

About the Author

Al Smith describes himself as a battler. He’s been an artist for twenty years and has

exhibited in some of Brisbane’s finest galleries alongside the likes of Ken Done and

Allan “Alfie” Langer.

His mentor and good friend of many years was the late renowned artist, James Holmyard.

Al plays several musical instruments and has recorded cd’s that received acclaim at the

Queensland Recording Association Awards. Al’s favourite musical memories include performing with Ray Davies (The

Kinks), Lobo, Keith Urban and author Peter Carey. Al’s recorded music with the best of musicians including Alan O’Day,

Phil Manning and Quan “Mr Regurgatator” Yeomans. He is an honourary member of The Blues Association of The

Sunshine Coast and a full writer member of APRA. Al has been a conservationist for many years and was one of 200 -

300 people who fought to save Mt Nardi Rainforest in 1976, which was the first Rainforest to be saved from destruction

in Australia. Al has continued in the role of a conservationist and was commended by Midnight Oil frontman and now

Minister for the Environment, Peter Garrett. The Honourable Neville Bonner, Australia’s first Indigenous Senator was of

great assistance to Al in his one man fight to establish a native tree seed bank which was established at Mt Annan in

1989. Around this time the media tagged Al “The Treeman” when reporting how he had grown 10,000 Australian native

trees in the garage and on the balcony of his unit.

One project dear to Al is his mind management technique, Bin Magic (http://koalaandbunny.com/bmindex.html)

developed to help a sufferer of Schizophrenia. Along with numerous other outlets, approval to distribute the brochures

to 100 libraries throughout all Australian capital cities was achieved after six years of working on this project.

Al hopes “Koala and Bunny” will help children become more aware of the special parts of their bodies and will help

prevent children from becoming victims of abuse.

Rhino and Elephant is an adapted version of Koala and Bunny produced with the assistance of

www.SexualAssaultCinic.Org Artwork courtesy of Christa Rollin.

Email Al at: enquiries@koalaandbunny.com Websites http://www.koalaandbunny.com