WITH the aid of a football and netball, AFL Victoria and the Shepparton Ethnic Council reached out a hand of friendship and inclusion to school students across the region, with their inaugural Shepparton Multicultural Gala Day. Participants came from St Georges Road, Mooroopna Park and Gowrie Street primary schools, to engage in AFL and Netball drills/games with the aim of having plenty of fun.
Manager of Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District, Chris Hazelman, has written on the experience of the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community in Shepparton during the pandemic and the challenges of relieving hardship – as well as getting appropriate messages to our multicultural community. A lesson for the future is that someone’s language skills should not exclude them from important information.