The Optimise team is seeking engagement with community organisations, communications or media who are working with CALD communities to participate in the co-design process. This is to help improve messaging to CALD communities in times of pandemic and public health initiatives.
Competing on the global stage gives new hope and valuable experience to refugee Olympians and focuses attention on the situation and potential of the world’s forcibly displaced.
What a finish! “Everything is possible.” #RefugeeOlympicTeam athlete Tachlowini Gabriyesos has finished 16th in the men’s marathon final today. An incredible feat – in a time of 2:14.02! #Olympic Refugee#EOR
It’s the final day at #Tokyo2020 and what an experience it has been so far! For the Refugee Olympic Team, it’s the turn of Tachlowini Gabriyesos who will be competing in the Men’s Marathon. #cheerforrefugees
Japanese students in a city in devastated by the 2011 tsunami folded and sent 1,000 origami cranes — a traditional symbol of hope and encouragement — to Olympian Rose Nathike Lokonyen in one of the many outpourings of support for the Refugee Olympic Team during the Tokyo Games.
When you can’t speak English well and also have a disability, speaking up for yourself to ensure fair treatment can be more than a challenge. Athena Papadatos is Shepparton’s first multicultural peer advocate for people with a disability. “My job is to empower people with a disability from multicultural backgrounds to speak up for themselves,” she said.
Aged Care Employee Day is an initiative of Leading Age Services Australia. It celebrates more than 360,000 aged care staff around Australia. Our theme #ThanksforCaring recognises each and every team member involved in caring for the 1.3 million older Australians receiving home care or residential care services. This includes nurses and care workers, allied health professionals, hospitality teams, drivers, cleaners, volunteers, lifestyle officers, administration staff and many, many others.
Host nations watch refugees participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Feeling stronger together, there are many proud moments as members of the Refugee Olympic Team achieve personal best results. Just as life is full of ups and downs, so also, the Refugee Olympians rise and fall in this and that sport, along with other competitors. What is important is that achievements are celebrated, humanity is one and competitors and athletes demonstrate the spirit of sportsmanship and go to aid and succour of participants when they fall. #StrongerTogether
Hamoon Derafshipour is an Iranian karateka. He qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where karate will be featured for the first time, as part of the Refugee Olympic Team.
Wael Shueb is a Syrian karateka. He lives in Germany where he arrived as a refugee after leaving war-torn Syria in 2015. Wael Shueb is one of two Refugee Olympic Team karatekas competing at the Tokyo Olympics.