Gambling can become an issue for some people.
Raising awareness about the dangers of gambling, how this can impact on families and most importantly where to turn for help is so important.
A great partnership with the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation has allowed us to create an indepth Gambling Awareness campaign in Karen language to help raise awareness within refugee communities.
The campaign includes a pdf Gambling Awareness (1.27 MB) pdf information booklet (1.27 MB) and series of videos translated in the Karen language.
The awareness series covers:
- The different types of gambling
- How gambling can become addictive
- How this will impact on family and friends
- When to realise you have a gambling problem
- Where to turn for help if you have a gambling issue.
The Gambling Awareness campaign also features an example of a personal story on how gambling impacted on one Karen family and uses wonderful hand-drawn illustrations created especially for the series by Bendigo-based Karen artist Nay Ta Gay.
To download and print out the Gambling Awareness information booklet in Karen language pdf click here (1.27 MB)
Click on the 'read more' button below to watch the videos from the Gambling Awareness Campaign in Karen language.
Video 1: Understanding gambling, the harms and where to get help (Karen)
Video 2: Online gaming and gambling risk (Karen)
Video 3: Paw's story - the impact of gambling addiction (Karen)
Please note: This is a true story but the name has been changed for privacy reasons and we have used a narrator.
Video 4: Way Say's story - young people develop gambling addictions too
Please note: This is a true story but the name has been changed for privacy reasons and we have used a narrator.
Video 5: Stay safe online (Karen)
The partnership funding was announced by Marlene Kairouz MP and Member for Bendigo West Maree Edwards in Bendigo in late 2019: http://bit.ly/BendigoGamblingProject
Last updated: February 9, 2021