March Training
A worker from the Migrant Information Centre in Box Hill gave us a very moving and informative talk about the difficulties of migrants, both leaving their own countries as refugees and assimilating into our community. Tial was from Burma and had to flee from her village with her two children when things became difficult for her after her husband had left to escape from the opposition army. After he was settled in Australia he was able to get his family out of the refugee camp in Malasyia and bring them to Melbourne. Tial was a primary teacher in her homeland and spoke some English. Now she works with other migrants, helping them to settle into our ways which can be so different from their own cultures. Coming from very poor areas where learning is minimal and life is very basic it is quite a cultural shock for many of them to use electricity, have running water or live with only one family to each house. There are about 1800-2000 Burmese people in the outer eastern area.
For more information contact the Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne)
Suite 2/27 Bank Street Box Hill
Phone 9285 4888
or call in to the Ringwood or Croydon office of Maroondah CAB
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