Mental Health Stigma – Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District

This podcast is a good way to send a message in Dari … as most of the Afghans who have arrived here have a mental health issue because of the situation in Afghanistan that affects them. The six-episode podcast ‘Healthy Mind, Healthy Life’ is produced by the Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre in Dandenong, Melbourne where hundreds of Afghan refugees have settled in recent years.

	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.