As part of Victoria’s Cultural Diversity Week, Shepparton Ethnic Council held a morning tea on March 24 at the senior citizens’ centre, where strategic engagement co-ordinator Sam Atukorala said Shepparton said was an “accepting and supporting” community to live in.
Wallan Cricket Club and Club Mandalay are sponsoring a Harmony Week Cricket match at Beveridge on Sunday 27 March from 1pm–5pm. Places are available for those who would like to participate, and the public is welcome. There will be a number of events for children.
Wise Well Women in collaboration with Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District will present a Community Health Information Session for the Arabic speaking (Iraqi and Syrian) speaking community – at St Paul’s African House on Monday 28 March 2022, from 10:30AM – 12:30PM. Halal snacks will be provided along with activities for children.
Wise Well Women in collaboration with Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District will present a Community Health Information Session for the Afghan – Dari and Hazaragi speaking community – at St Paul’s African House on Thursday, 31 March 2022, from 11AM – 1:00PM. Halal snacks will be provided along with activities for children.
In observance of Cultural Diversity Week 2022, Ethnic Council of Sheppparton and District and Greater Shepparton City Council would like to invite you to the Cultural Diversity Week – Multicultural Morning Tea on Thursday 24th March 2022. This event is organised by the Greater Shepparton City Council and Ethnic Council of Shepparton and it will be held at the Shepparton Senior Citizens Hall from 10.00 am to 11:30 am.
Refugee and migrant women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds caught up for a cup of tea at the Shepparton Friendship Café event on Wednesday, listening to a talk from guest speaker Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory about critical thinking.
Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District president Maria Brown-Shepherd has helped welcome and settle refugees from war-torn countries, but she didn’t expect to be facing a crisis in her father’s homeland of Ukraine.
Goulburn Valley Grammar School announces its Refugee Scholarship for entry to the school in Year 7, for 2023. A Scholarship application form is given, there is an Open Day at the School on March 11, 2022, and Ethnic Council has offered to give assistance in preparation of scholarship applications to all who need help.
The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District Inc. in collaboration with La Trobe University is holding an online Symposium on ‘Pandemic Response and Multicultural Communities in the Greater Shepparton area’ on Thursday 3rd of March 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon.
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a significant risk to the health and wellbeing of all Australians, but particularly people with disability. More than 4.4 million people in Australia have disability – this is equal to almost one in five Australians.
The issues and risks with COVID-19 for people with disability may vary with the type of disability (e.g. intellectual disability, mobility impairments ) as well as factors such as age, gender, socio-economic status, family environment, where someone lives, whether they are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, and whether they are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District will convene an information session on 9 March 2022 to provide information about the effect of Covid-19 in Shepparton, and a presentation on Covid-19 and disability and self advocacy. All are welcome.