Refugee youth leadership program aims first participants to drive change in their communities
- Monday 19 February 2018
![The two-day Refugee Youth Leadership Program brought together youth from the Karen, Afghan and South Sudanese communities in Bendigo.](/images/blog/Refugee_youth_web.jpg)
Bendigo Community Health Services has hosted the region’s inaugural Refugee Youth Leadership Program.
The two-day event facilitated by the Centre for Multicultural Youth brought together 17 young potential leaders from the Karen, Afghan and South Sudanese communities.
Our cultural diversity and relationships manager Kaye Graves said the program was designed to build confidence and skills.
“The focus of the program was to ensure young people have every opportunity to have their voices heard, develop skills and lead change in their communities,” she said.
Kaye said the program helped the group build an understanding of leadership and how their actions and those of the teams and groups they form could create positive change.
“Understanding personal values that drive leadership styles and the importance of good decision making was a vital part of the program,” she said.