COMMUNITY cohesion is really cooking in Braybrook. A pinch of harmony and a spoonful of fun have been stirred into the milk of human kindness to create a community recipe book.
Participants in Braybrook’s ‘family inclusive language and learning support program’ produced the book with recipes from as far afield as Burma, Vietnam, India and the Horn of Africa.
Program co-ordinator Natalia Thomas said: “It’s exciting to be in a position, just 18 months into this program, to celebrate Refugee Week with the release of this recipe book, which celebrates the local community’s diversity and the wonderful contribution refugees are making to our community.”
The Braybrook Community Centre-based program was developed by the Maribyrnong Local Learning and Employment Network to provide learning and language support to parents and children from non-English-speaking and refugee backgrounds.
Younger children take part in rhyme and storytime, while primary school pupils undertake literacy and numeracy activities and parents are shown the importance of being involved with schooling.
Mentors from diverse backgrounds help change the way children and their families engage with the schools and their education.
Volunteer Abdullahi, a community development student at Victoria University, says the program fits in well with his studies and helps keep him connected with Braybrook.
To volunteer with the program, phone 93767251.
