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New Hope Foundation Inc
The New Hope
foundation will continue to support newly emerging ethnic groups
and Refugee/Special humanitarian entrants in the Western region of
Melbourne through our current office which is located on the first
floor 273 in Barkly Street Footscray. This office will
be a resource centre for refugees, providing access for community
activities and office space and will be supported by volunteers
from the community. Agencies currently delivering services to
Refugee/Special Humanitarian entrants will also be collocated at
this site. We will continue to provide updates on NHF
activities and services as they develop. The NHF will
continue to work with refugees in the region on the basis of
relationships that we have established over the previous four years
as the IHSS service provider in the Western region.
Activities that will be undertaken will focus on the identified
needs which are outside the scope of the IHSS program.
The following
activities will be a focus of the NHF refugee resource centre in
Footscray:
- Bilingual
consultants/aides to support service providers and agency staff in
engaging communities and families in group programs and service
access
- Development of
refugee community reference groups to provide information specific
to cultural/ethnic groups, ongoing consultations re identifying
emerging needs and service gaps and advocating for access to
service support.
- Delivery of
tailored cross cultural training including new and emerging
community profile forums
- Refugee/community
discussion groups
- Material aid
assistance (through NHF material aid service in Sunshine in
partnership with Business Warehouse)
- Agency visits
through bus orientation tours for newly arrived refugee community
groups
- Volunteer
placement opportunities in material aid service, office
administration and support, community engagement, agency
orientation and social support activities with refugee
groups
- Eastern and
Central African Community association of Victoria (African Holistic
Settlement services)
- Ethiopian
Community Association in Victoria
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