Connecting People with Disability Including Those From CALD Backgrounds To The NDIS

We connect people living with disability including those from CALD backgrounds to the NDIS. We help them complete the NDIS access forms and with gathering evidence.  We also help them to navigate the system.

We provide case-based disability advocacy including the NDIS Tribunal Advocacy to people living with disability including those from CALD backgrounds.

We deliver disability awareness including NDIS Capacity Building Workshops to help people living with disability including those from CALD backgrounds and their families, in-person, and through interactive sessions. To create awareness, and to break down stereotypes, and promote inclusive.

Through this project, we aim to address social isolation and food insecurity issues by providing a culturally appropriate and accessible lunch and social support to people living with disability. We connect with people living with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, through offering a welcoming space to enjoy a meal next  to someone, to socialise, and to build a community of practice.

We fold, assemble, and pack 400 Birthing Kits per year since 2023 to support women and girls giving birth in remote villages in Uganda, Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Congo, Pakistan, Solomon Islands, Malawi and in many other countries.

We aim to increase access to mental health services for CALD people with disability by  promoting cultural responsiveness within the mental health industry, we aim to empower people with disability and their families to seek mental health support. We also aim to address the unique challenges faced by CALD people with disability, including language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and lack of access to appropriate support services. We provide culturally and religiously sensitive support, advocacy, and information.

We deliver capacity building workshops to address the unique challenges and barriers faced by CALD people living with disability experiencing domestic violence in accessing culturally and religiously safe and appropriate support services.

We provide Community Education on Disability, the Types of Disability, Stigma and Shame and on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

We connect with the community through storytelling,  and by promoting disability, cultural, social inclusion, and a sense of belonging, where people living with disability including those from CALD backgrounds can feel that they belong.

We celebrate people with disability and their achievements including women, children, and refugee migrants with disability, through music, food, Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, and many more to make them feel like they belong .

We organise and host our Annual International Women's Day Dinner in wheelchair accessible venues, where we feature cultural performances, music, food, Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, disability inclusive entertainment, speeches and storytelling to showcase the richness of diverse cultures and to share stories of resilience, leadership, and overcoming barriers, networking,  disability inclusion panel discussion, raffle prizes, and many more. We also engage interpreters including Deaf and Auslan interpreters for language accessibility purposes when needed.

Before we host this annual event, we always consult with people living with disability including those from CALD backgrounds, their families and communities to understand their needs and preferences for a culturally appropriate and inclusive event. Consulting with people living with disability directly enables us to host inclusive and accessible event to accommodate people living with various types of disability including physical, sensory, and cognitive, and from various cultural and religious backgrounds and from all walks of life.

We host our Annual Refugee Week Dinners to celebrate the contributions of refugee migrants with disability, foster empathy and understanding, raise awareness, and to educate the public about the refugee experience and the challenges they face. We use food, entertainment, Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, auction, raffle prizes, and storytelling to create a welcoming environment, encourage positive action, and to promote community connections, engagement, participation, acceptance, inclusion, and a sense of belonging.

Our events provide a platform for refugee migrants with disability to showcase their talents and stories through cooking, painting, writing, singing, dancing and through sharing their rich cultures, traditions, recipes and stories from refugee ambassadors.

We celebrate refugee migrants with disability contributions to acknowledge, and we also celebrate the positive ways refugee migrants with disability enrich Australian culture and communities.

 We educate the public through sharing first-hand and real-life refuge stories to inform the wider community and the Australian public about who refugees are, why they have come to Australia, and the challenges they have experienced before migrating to Australia and the resettlement challenges they experience in Australia including education, accommodation, employment, financial, language barrier, social isolation, citizenship issues, acceptance, physical and mental health challenges.

 We foster empathy and understanding to help people connect with one another as human beings, which encourages acceptance, inclusion, and a safer and more welcoming environment for refugee migrants and asylum seekers with disability.

We encourage community members and members of the public including law makers to stand in solidarity with refugee migrants with disability and take positive action to support them.

Build a community of practice to create a space for people from different backgrounds to come together, share stories, and build friendships, which helps reduce social isolation.

We also raise funds during those events, to support refugee migrants with disability and to fund our Refugee Program and its community inclusion and peer support activities.