Prepare yourself for the heady scents of exotic spices and the mouthwatering flavours of India, Afghanistan and Lebanon — a new street festival is set to hit Shepparton this weekend.
Prepare yourself for the heady scents of exotic spices and the mouthwatering flavours of India, Afghanistan and Lebanon — a new street festival is set to hit Shepparton this weekend.
Victoria’s new Multicultural Affairs Minister Matthew Guy has told The News visiting Shepparton was on the top of his to-do list.
More than 600 people, mainly from Shepparton’s Afghan community, gathered to celebrate Nowruz — the Persian New Year — on Saturday evening.
“You can do it” is the message behind the Regional Youth Leadership and Participation Project.
Shepparton’s boys and girls in blue will join forces with the city’s multicultural community tonight for a friendly soccer match.
Members of Shepparton’s South Sudanese community could be missing in the war-torn nation, with communications affected by civil conflict.
More needs to be done to help new migrants and refugees find secure employment, a leading member of Shepparton’s Congolese community says.
Shepparton’s diverse multicultural population will have access to a more comprehensive range of services thanks to a $150 000 grant to map the area’s multicultural communities and identify gaps in service provision.
Before Zahra Haydar Big moved to Shepparton in 2008, she had never used an electric sewing machine. Back in Afghanistan, the women were only accustomed to using old, manual machines that needed to be wound by hand.
“I understand most of the people come to Australia … to escape from the danger around them, but there’s such a high chance they’re going to lose their life”. — Khaluf Alsalim, Community Develpment Worker, Shepparton.