“What makes you an Aussie?” This is a question that has countless answers. We are known as a country that is made up of a mixing pot of nationalities and cultures, with individuals represented from all corners of the world. And yet, how many of us are too comfortable in our own community bubble? How…
The Day of the Girl 2018
This years theme for the International Day of the Girl is “With Her: A Skilled Girl Force”. It aims to inspire other girls and young women to rise against fences built around them by society and to innovate themselves for a better future. In this article we focus on a young advocate who rose above…
Cooking Up Mental Well-Being
How cooking programs have been helping refugees cope. Anxiety, stress, and depression can lay a massive burden on refugee health after being relocated to a new country. The traumas of the place they left will often follow them for many years, if not forever. So how can cooking help? All over the world, we are…
World Mental Health Day 2018
Today is a day for shedding much needed light on mental health. A day for changing the lingering stigma that holds many people back from seeking the help they so desperately need, and a day for supporting people who might be struggling just a little more than you are… today is World Mental Health Day 2018!…
Exploring the World in the Kitchen
Food definitely brings people together in this refugee run restaurant and cooking class in New Haven, USA. “Food has a way of bringing people together,” said Sumiya Khan of Sanctuary Kitchen. “By coming together over food, it really brings a different perspective to people who might be considered different.” Not only does this initiative help…
Debunking a Major Stereotype about Refugees
Others often assume that refugees are a drain to tax payers money, lazy, and even violent. This could not be more wrong. This young refugee has proven otherwise! Axana Soltan was only ten years old when she was forced to leave her home to live in a refugee camp. She grew up in a camp where there…
The Duchess of Sussex launches cookbook full of diverse recipes
Meghan Markle, The Duchess of Sussex, has recently been involved in the launch of a new charity cookbook, Together: Our Community Cookbook, that features a collection of recipes collated by a group of culturally diverse women from the Hubb Community Kitchen in London. The Hubb Community Kitchen was created by women who after the tragic Grenfell…
Check out these 3 delicious Refugee Week recipes!
Bosnian spinach pie (Pita zeljanica) 1 package filo pastry 2 bags washed fresh spinach 2 eggs 1/4 cup sour cream 1/2 lb ricotta or cottage cheese (you can add a piece of Australian Feta cheese) olive oil 1 ½ teaspoons salt 1/8 cup milk plain yogurt (optional) Preheat oven to 350F. Wash and drain spinach….
Refugees in QLD are given a golden opportunity
Cafe ‘Harmony on Carmody‘ in Queensland, Carmody is supporting refugees with no former Australian work experience and speak limited English. Gail Kerr, the chief executive officer of Queensland-based Access Community Services says, ‘This is a social purpose café, and we run it as a business but the people that come through and train are those…
Influential Refugees Represented in Film ‘Ladies in Black’
Director Bruce Beresford has represented Australian refugees, but not in the typical way, in his latest film ‘Ladies in Black’. Bruce grew up in the Western suburbs of Sydney near a migrant camp at Villawood. He had close personal connections with refugee characters in his latest film. The film is based on a 1993 book…
A Taste Of Haven 