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Thursday 29 November 2018
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Written by Rod
It’s on again – a wonderful donation has secured the future of our hugely popular Refugee Youth Camp in 2019.
MCCA Islamic Finance and Investments and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank have donated $5000 to ensure the camp goes ahead next year.
The donation is part of their annual profit towards community programs.
MCCA representatives Ibrahim Hassan and Mohammad Najjar travelled from Melbourne to present us with the donation.
Safar and Lwe Pree who attended our Refugee Youth Camp this year both talked about their experiences at the camp and their personal journeys to Bendigo.
We thank Ibrahim and Mohammad for spending so much time learning about the Refugee Youth Camp and the other services we provide for refugees making a home in Bendigo.
Their questions and interest in how we are supporting multicultural communities was much appreciated.
Thanks must also go to Ben Rix from the Portfolio Funding section of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank who visited our Central site in Hargreaves Street and was very interested in learning what we were doing in the multicultural space.
This year’s Refugee Youth Camp saw more than 40 young people from the Afghan, Karen and South Sudenese communities in Bendigo enjoy three days at Camp Curumbene at Corop.
Lifestyle, healthy choices, cybersafety, mental health and wellbeing were some of the topics covered at the camp along with fun activities such as canoeing, rock climbing, giant chess and a rope course.
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