Department of Rural Health – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

Two Masters of Social Work students will be presenting on their project with the Wise Well Women Community Health Educator Program at Melbourne University School of Rural Health on Thursday 29 July at 5pm. This will be a Face-to-Face event as well as a Zoom event. The project is exploring the need for a social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) safety protocol for multicultural (migrant and refugee) participants and facilitators involved in health and community care programs in regional and rural Australia.

	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.