“It was different, but the sense of community was the first thing I noticed here in Toowoomba,” says Mahsa, aged 17…

An ambassador to the Refugee Council of Australia, co-host of You Belong podcast, university student, mentor, health educator, business operator, translator and interpreter, Sorgul Maho is juggling plenty of responsibilities and making a difference to…

Sulaiman Zandinan expresses nothing but gratefulness for the life he has been given in Australia. He acknowledges the role of teachers…

A story of survival from a Yezidi family who escaped ISIS attacks

Our English classes are making a big impact on the integration journey of newly settled refugees. Zuhor couldn’t speak any English when she first arrived in Australia….

ISIS began shooting at us, but my dad didn’t stop. We could see bodies and heads of people who had been stopped before us…

Well done to 17 year old Khder on starting University in Toowoomba…

When Mayez first landed in Australia, he could hardly speak a sentence in English. 18months later, he’s most of the way through a Certificate 3 in Commercial Cooking

Sameer is a 15 year old ISIS victim survivor. In his young life he’s survived a terrorist car bombing which resulted in crippling leg injuries, being held captive to ISIS militants, and years of waiting in a refugee camp in Iraq.

Sameer now calls Australia home and he is truly a one-of-a-kind young man. Read his incredible story here…

‘I am in pain inside and outside…’ says elderly Yezidi woman