It's so exciting our Community Guide Ku Htee has won the 2021 Victorian Refugee Young Leader Award.
Minister for Multicultural Affairs Ros Spence MP announced the winners this afternoon.
“Victorian refugees and asylum seekers are a vital part of what makes Victoria so special and diverse – these awards are a wonderful way to celebrate their achievements and contributions,” Ros said.
Ku Htee is an absolute trailblazer ... the first refugee to complete a traineeship with BCHS and continuing that wonderful work today with the Settlement Services and Cultural Diversity and Relationships teams to keep the Karen community informed and educated on important health issues.
Ku Htee has been so important in helping to raise awareness and understanding in the Karen community about COVID-19 safety and the vaccine.
Ku Htee even led by example – rolling up her sleeves to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the Bendigo Health vaccine centre in Mollison Street.
Ku Htee also won the ABC Heywire competition earlier this year.
We so look forward to watching Ku Htee’s life journey and the amazing things she will achieve as a leader for our community in the years ahead.
Well done Ku Htee.
We are all so proud of you.
Bendigo Community Health Services acknowledge we live, work and enjoy Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country. We extend our appreciation to the Jaara and Taungurung peoples. We pay respect to Elders past and present for their continued holding of memories, traditions, culture and community aspirations.
We recognise sovereignty has never been ceded and express our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of colonisation and their lasting impact. May we walk forward together in harmony and the spirit of healing. It was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Image credit: Healing a Community by Paige Charles-Morgan
Bendigo Community Health Services acknowledge we live, work and enjoy Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country. We extend our appreciation to the Jaara and Taungurung peoples. We pay respect to Elders past and present for their continued holding of memories, traditions, culture and community aspirations.
We recognise sovereignty has never been ceded and express our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of colonisation and their lasting impact. May we walk forward together in harmony and the spirit of healing. It was and always will be Aboriginal land.
Image credit: Healing a Community by Paige Charles-Morgan
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165-171 Hargreaves Street
Now open for our women’s, men’s and sexual health clinics on a strictly ‘appointment only’ basis. Call 5406 1200 if you have a question.
3 Seymoure Street, Eaglehawk
(Currently closed for refurbishment)
Phone: 03 5406 1200
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