The Refugee Olympic Team – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

We want all refugees to have better access to sporting opportunities. Sport is not only fun. It helps refugees, to heal and to rebuild their lives. UNHCR calls for all refugees to have access to sport and opportunity to fulfil their dreams, on and off the field.

Whether playing in a park or sprinting in a stadium – sport changes lives.

At the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, we want all refugees to have better access to sporting opportunities. Sport is not only fun. It helps refugees, to heal and to rebuild their lives.

Refugees are more than ‘one word’. More than ‘one story’. They are athletes, basketball players, martial artists, sprinters, footballers. Coaches and captains. They are team players.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees calls for all refugees to have access to sport and opportunity to fulfil their dreams, on and off the field. Stand with us and #cheerforrefugees!

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	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District acknowledges the Yorta Yorta People of the land which comprises the Goulburn Valley. We pay respect to tribal Elders, past, present and emerging and we celebrate their continuing culture and acknowledge the memory of their ancestors.
	The Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District is a peak body whose mission is to promote and represent the social, cultural and economic well-being of ethnic communities in the Goulburn Valley Region through the provision of quality and innovative settlement, refugee support, community development, and information and advocacy services.