VIDEO: Bendigo Community Health Services staff support Hazara community members to attend Bendigo Health Vaccination Centre in Mollison Street. To watch our video click here
LATEST INFORMATION – watch the video here: April 2022 – Covid-19 restrictions update
COVID-19 vaccine explained in Dari language
INFORMATION SHEET: Download and print out a COVID-19 vaccine information sheet in Dari language click here
WATCH A VIDEO: Covid-19 3rd and 4th dose vaccine information
Information sheets in language:
(Please click on the links to download and print out a PDF).
PREVIOUS INFORMATION SHEETS:
Sheet 1: Coronavirus – reduce your risk (Dari). English version click here
Sheet 2: Coronavirus physical distancing and Stage 3 restrictions explained
Sheet 3: Coronavirus – I think I have it so what should I do? (Dari)
Sheet 4: Coronavirus – Restrictions changes from June 22 explained (Dari)
Sheet 6: Changes to Coronavirus restrictions from midnight on October 27 and November 8 (Dari)
Sheet 7: How to stay COVIDsafe with gatherings (Dari & English)
Sheet 8: Thunderstorm asthma, hay fever explained. Dangers, reducing the risk and where to get warnings
To see important information from Bendigo Health on the Stewart Street Coronavirus screening clinic in Dari language click here
Videos in language:
(Please click on the link to watch the video).
PREVIOUS VIDEOS:
Video 1 – Coronavirus symptoms: Watch video
Video 2 – Coronavirus precautions: Watch video
Video 3 – Explaining self Isolation and Stage 3 restrictions: Watch video
Video 4 – What to do if you think you have Coronavirus: Watch video
Video 5 – Changes to Stage 3 restrictions in Victoria: Watch video
Video 6 – Coronavirus restrictions changes from June 1: Watch video
Video 7 – NSW border closure, six-week Melbourne lockdown and getting tested: Watch video
Video 8 – Face masks – how to choose the right one and wear them correctly: Watch video
Video 9 – Domestic and family violence types, what to do if you are experiencing violence and links to support: Watch video
Video 10 – Domestic and family violence awareness: Domestic and family violence types, what to do if you are experiencing violence and links to support: Watch video
Parenting Video Series in Dari
Special video series for parents (Dari language)
Our Settlement Services team has made a special series of videos to help parents talk to their children about Coronavirus and work to keep a normal family routine.
We thank the Victorian Government for funding to allow us to make this valuable information resource for parents during these Coronavirus times. (Click on the links below to watch the videos)
Video 1: Talking to your children about Coronavirus – watch video
Video 2: Don’t forget to stop, pause, play – watch video
Video 3: Keeping a good routine at home is important – watch video
Watch a statement from Bendigo Mayor Margaret O’Rourke in support of Afghan community click here
Print out a copy of the statement from Bendigo Mayor Margaret O’Rourke in Dari click here
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We’d love your feedback
We would love to hear your feedback on our Bendigo Coronavirus Refugee Resource Hub. If you’ve got something to share please email
Refugee settlement services at BCHS
Learn more about the great things we are doing to support the refugee communities of Bendigo at www.bchs.com.au
Find COVID-19 resources in Dinka here
Find COVID-19 resources in Karen here
Do you need information in a language other than Karen, Dari or Dinka?
The Department of Health and Human Services has translated Coronavirus information in more than 50 languages. To access this information click here
The languages covered include Amharic, Arabic, Assyrian, Bengali, Bosnian, Burmese, Chaldean, Chin, Chinese, Cook Island Maori (Rarotongan), Croatian, Dari, English, Fijian, Filipino, French, Greek, Gujarati, Hakka, Hazaragi, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Nepali, Niuean – Vagahau Niue, Nuer, Oromo, Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Rohingya, Russian, Serbian, Samoan, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Thai, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese and Zomi.
