Gambling dangers and addiction the focus of new awareness campaign for the Karen community

Gambling can become an issue for some people.

Raising awareness about the dangers of gambling, how this can impact on families and most importantly where to turn for help is so important.

A great partnership with the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation has allowed us to create an indepth Gambling Awareness campaign in Karen language to help raise awareness within refugee communities.

The campaign includes a Gambling Awareness information booklet and series of videos translated in the Karen language.

The awareness series covers:

• The different types of gambling
• How gambling can become addictive
• How this will impact on family and friends
• When to realise you have a gambling problem
• Where to turn for help if you have a gambling issue.

The Gambling Awareness campaign also features an example of a personal story on how gambling impacted on one Karen family and uses wonderful hand-drawn illustrations created especially for the series by Bendigo-based Karen artist Nay Ta Gay.

To download and print out the Gambling Awareness information booklet in Karen language click here

Click on the 'read more' button below to watch the videos from the Gambling Awareness Campaign in Karen language.