At SSI, we talk a lot about providing support. But what does it actually mean to support someone? Sometimes it means offering assistance. Sometimes it just means being there to listen. Sometimes it means acknowledging someone’s challenges and showing that you accept them for who they are.
Read more: From the CEO: Listen, accept, acknowledge, support
An olive tree has been planted to mark the transition of the Friendship Garden at the Auburn Centre of Community, from being an initiative owned and run by SSI, to a community run project.
Read more: SSI hands Friendship Garden to the community who built it
Rhythmic vibrations, captivating performances and audience singalongs epitomised the first ever Homelands Tour as artists from refugee backgrounds came together in a musical collaboration to celebrate Refugee Week 2019.
Read more: Inaugural Homelands tour lights up Refugee Week 2019
Earlier this week, I was uplifted to hear the news that sixteen-year-old climate change activist Greta Thunberg was awarded France’s inaugural Freedom Prize, which pays homage to people who are fighting for freedom.
To honour the Indigenous community, women from Colyton Community Hub came together during NAIDOC to share their love in the best way they know: through delicious food and amazing hospitality.
Read more: Colyton’s generous community hub members cook for Indigenous elders
Marking Refugee Week 2019, the SSI New Beginnings Winter Festival attracted more than 300 inner west locals and newly arrived communities to the Community Refugee Welcome Centre in Lilyfield.
Settlement Services International (SSI) partner The Bower, has provided more than 200 families of refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds with free up-cycled household goods through their House to Home program.
Read more: House to Home program provides reclaimed household goods to new arrivals
SSI Youth Collective steering committee member and refugee advocate Arash Bordbar has been elected Chair of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN).
Read more: Global refugee youth advocate pronounced chair of Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
No-one knows more about the barriers people with disability face every day than someone with a lifetime of first-hand experience. But what can apparently be a drawback has been used by Yagoona resident Quang Nyugen as a drive to establish his own business, while also finding a way to help the community.
