Multicultural & Multifaith Communities
‘A Home for Diversity’ Project Report
A Home for diversity is a 6 month project that aimed to increase the capacity of homelessness services to work with people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The project provided training to housing workers, particularly those who work with older people. This training was provided by the Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health, in… …
Posted in: Reports
Ali from Iraq
Ali was born in Iraq and arrived in Australia in 1980. He was in car accident in the early 80s which resulted in extensive injuries including broken leg, and damage to his jaw making speech difficult. He lodged an application on 13/11/1988 for public housing and was on the general waiting list for over 20… …
Posted in: Client Stories, Public Housing, Housing Support
Peter the Tailor
Peter migrated to Australia in 1965 with his wife and children from former Yugoslavia, now Croatia. opened and ran his small tailoring business for many years in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Upon retirement, Peter and his wife decided to move back to Croatia to be closer to extended family and old friends. However, whilst… …
Posted in: Client Stories, Croatian – Hrvatski, Care Finder, Housing Support
Mary’s “Home at Last”
Mary (55) an Arabic speaking refugee, had been living in an Rooming house for the last 5 years- She was in very poor health and on the Disability pension. She paid $220 per week for the use of a converted lounge room, shared with a number of strangers. There were a lot of people coming… …
Posted in: Client Stories, Community Housing, Elder Rights, Brokerage support, Housing Support
Slavko, Vesna and Irena
Social, cultural and linguistic diversity are characteristic of modern, inclusive and globally connected cities such as Melbourne. For generations Melbourne’s suburbs have been shaped by cultures and people from all around the world. The Italians went to Carlton, the Greeks found Richmond and the Vietnamese made Footscray home. People often choose to live close to… …
Posted in: Client Stories, Housing Support
Vijay and Gemma
This month we talk to HAAG member Vijay about her experiences as a radio host in India as well as her housing struggles in Australia. Gemma tells us about a new project to increase involvement of people from CALD backgrounds at HAAG. Shane gives an update on HAAG’s retirement housing project including important casework and… …
Posted in: Podcasts
HAAG membership form Bosnian
Download the HAAG membership form in Bosnian here …
Posted in: Forms, Bosnian – Bosanki
HAAG Membership form Vietnamese
Download HAAG membership form in Vietnamese here …
Posted in: Forms, Vietnamese – Tiếng Việt
Formulario de membresía de HAAG
Los hispanos son uno de los grupos lingüísticos más grandes que Home at Last ayuda. Queremos que exprese su opinión sobre cómo funciona nuestra organisación y cómo podemos trabajar para cambiar las políticas gubernamentales para mejorar. Puede expresar su opinión por conviértase en miembro de HAAG, es gratis unirse.Llame al 9654 7389 para más información.… …
Posted in: Forms, Spanish – Español
HAAG Membership form Mandarin
Download HAAG membership form in Mandarin here …
Posted in: Forms, Simplified Chinese – 普通话
HAAG Membership form Macedonian
Download HAAG membership form in Macedonian here …
Posted in: Forms, Macedonian – Македонски
