Tag: refugees
Aged residents provide woollen garments to refugees
RESIDENTS of a Millicent aged care facility are not letting age stop them from helping those in need.
Woollen garments knitted at Boneham Aged Care...
Migrant garden project unveiled
ELDERLY refugees at Mount Gambier's Migrant Resource Centre unveiled a flourishing vegetable garden at the premises yesterday.
Members of the Senior Lifeskills Group have planned...
Migrant families share culture
DIVERSE contributions of refugees to the community were celebrated at Mount Gambier North Primary School last week.
Refugee Week celebrated the successful settlement of over...
Roland helps reconnect refugees
WHEN Congolese man Roland Kalamo walked into the Mount Gambier Red Cross office last year looking to help as a volunteer, the staff could...
Refugees work hard to create new life in Mount Gambier
THE success of the Noodle Sushi Bar is a world away from owners' Saw Myo and Saw Khain's challenging arrival in Australia as Karen...
‘Goodbye’ the hardest word to say
"I HOPE I have made a little bit of a difference in their lives, I treat this program as my child and just want...
Wealth for toil in lucky country
FOR Karen refugees Saw Khain and Saw Myo, working nine hours a day, six days a week is easy compared to the gruelling work...
Generous school project
SAINT Martins Lutheran College students have played their part in welcoming refugees to the Mount Gambier community through a fundraising project as part of...
Decade of freedom celebrated
NORTH Gambier Primary School was full of music and dance on Saturday night as hundreds of people gathered to celebrate 10 years since the...
Refugee settlement celebrated
LIFE in Australia is a world away from a childhood spent in Thailand camps for Karen refugees Nerr Soe Kapan and Lizar Lee.
Never setting...
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Season kicks off for Limestone Coast soccer
FOLLOWING the recent pre-season carnival, Limestone Coast soccer kicks off in full force this weekend with the opening round of the Premiership Cup.
In the...
