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Disaster Preparedness

Bushfires and your health – translated resources (2023)

MRC Tas and the Menzies Institute for Medical Research (University of Tasmania) have produced written and audio translated information about bushfires, bushfire smoke, how they affect your health and what you can do to protect yourself.

Bushfires, bushfire smoke and your health

English
Arabic ﻋﺮﺑﻲ
Farsi ﻓﺎرﺳﯽ
Nepali नेपाली
Oromo afaan oromoo
S’gaw Karen ကညီကျိာ်
Tigrinya ትግርኛ

Audio translations of these resources are available to listen to here: https://soundcloud.com/mrc_tas_settlement/sets/bushfires-bushfire-smoke-and-your-health

What can I do in a bushfire?

English
Arabic ﻋﺮﺑﻲ
Farsi ﻓﺎرﺳﯽ
Nepali नेपाली
Oromo afaan oromoo
S’gaw Karen ကညီကျိာ်
Tigrinya ትግርኛ

Audio translations of these resources are available to listen to here:

https://soundcloud.com/mrc_tas_settlement/sets/what-can-i-do-in-a-bushfire

Education

Understanding the Education System

View this chart in other languages:

English | Amharic  | Arabic | Karen | Nepali |  Persia | Tigrinya

MY Education Talks- Advice videos for parents and students

The MY Education Talks videos offer pathway planning advice to parents and students and aim to increase understanding of the Tasmanian Education system for newly arrived families. Please also refer to the MY Education maps resource for information about the Tasmanian education system.

My Education Talks – Advice for Students (English)

My Education Talks – Advice for Parents (English)

  

SCHOOL TALK: Resources for supporting multicultural families

Save the Children Tasmania

The Multicultural Home to School Participation project, School Talk resources have been developed through working closely with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) families, key schools, and stakeholders.

MHSP Resource Guidelines – View Complete Resource

Mental Health

Top Tips for New Tassie Mums

These video resources were created by the Phoenix Centre, a part of the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania. The videos highlight how Mums who are new to Tassie can take care of their own wellbeing as well as their children’s. Resources are available in 5 languages: English, Farsi, Nepali, Amharic and Spanish.

English
Farsi
Spanish
Nepali
Amharic

Anti-racism Resources

These resources define racism, offer guidance on how to respond when experiencing it, and provide information on where to seek support or report incidents of racism. Simply click the hyperlinked resource you are after to access it. Resources are available in 7 languages: English, Farsi, Nepali, Arabic, Tigrinya, Oromo and Hindi.

English | Farsi فارسی | Nepali नेपाली | Arabic العربية | Tigrinya ትግርኛ | Oromo Afaan Oromoo | Hindi हदी

Health

Multicultural Kitchen – Healthy Eating and Nutrition Resources (2021)

These resources have been created to make healthy eating & nutrition information more accessible to people with low English or low literacy, and have been designed to use images wherever possible, including a visual description of portion sizes (on the healthy Plate factsheet).

MRC Tas-Factsheet-Food-and-Mood

MRC Tas-Factsheet-Nutrition-and-Older-Adults

MRC Tas-Factsheet-A-Healthy-Plate

Food-Resources-Near-You-Greater-Hobart

Food-Resources-Near-You-Northern-Tasmania

Multicultural Kitchen – healthy eating and nutrition – translated resources (2021)

MRC Tas in collaboration with Healthy Tas and Nutrition Australia has developed these translated nutrition and healthy eating fact sheets as a part of the “Multicultural Kitchen: a recipe for success” project in 2021.

MRC Tas also developed twelve healthy recipes from different cuisines – these easy-to-follow recipes are available on our YouTube Channel.

Supported by the Tasmanian Government. 

Food and mood

MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Arabic
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Burmese
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Dari 
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Farsi
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Karen
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Nepali
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Tigrinya
MRC Factsheet – Food & Mood – Oromo

Nutrition and older adults

MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Farsi
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Karen
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Nepali
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Tigrinya
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Oromo
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Amharic
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Arabic
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Burmese
MRC Factsheet – Nutrition & Older Adults – Dari

Plate

MRC Factsheet – Plate – Amharic
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Arabic
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Burmese
MRC Factsheet – Plate- Dari
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Farsi
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Karen
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Nepali
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Tigrinya
MRC Factsheet – Plate – Oromo

Youth

MYAN Short Film Series Trailer

MYAN’s short film series captures young people’s stories and experiences of settling in Australia. Produced in partnership with Dr David Corlett, acclaimed filmmaker and host of SBS’ Go Back To Where You Came From, the 9 films feature young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds talking about leaving their country, arriving in Australia, what helped them settle in Australia, belonging, identity and aspirations for the future.

These films are part of MYAN’s resources supporting the National Youth Settlement Framework.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/VLoQ0qeggyo

Get outside Tasmania 2018 – BigHart

In early 2018 the MYAN TAS Youth Advisory Group, in collaboration with the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service ‘Get Outside Program’, spent a weekend of adventure and leadership training at the Far South Wilderness Camp in Dover. Check out this inspirational film about Get Outside, which was filmed by BigHart during the 3 day camp.

Watch here: https://vimeo.com/278430552

MRC Tas and the Hobart Community Legal Service have produced translated information about our legal rights and responsibilities when interacting with police officers.

English
Amharic አማርኛ
Arabic ﻋﺮﺑﻲ
Burmese မြန်မာစာ
Dari  دری
Farsi ﻓﺎرﺳﯽ
Nepali नेपाली
Oromo afaan oromoo
S’gaw Karen ကညီကျိာ်
Tigrinya ትግርኛ

Community capacity building

Getting started

Tasmanian Government – Consumer, Building and Occupational Services – legal information about Incorporated Associations in Tasmania, and how to get incorporated: https://www.cbos.tas.gov.au/topics/clubs-fundraising/incorporated-associations Federation of Ethnic Communities Council of Australia (FECCA) Guide to starting and running your Community Organisation: https://fecca.org.au/resources/community-guide/ Settlement Council of Australia guide to community organizing: “The Best of Both Worlds: A governance toolkit” http://scoa.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Best-of-both-worlds-SCoA-Governance-Toolkit.pdf

More detail

Institute of Community Directors Australia – tools and resources for getting started: https://communitydirectors.com.au/tools-resources/home Australian Institute of Company Directors – Resources: https://aicd.companydirectors.com.au/resources/all-topics Tasmanian Council of Social Services – “Take Me to Your Board” (Podcast): https://tascoss.org.au/tmtyb/

Other organisations that may be able to help

Multicultural Council of Tasmania – peak body representing needs of migrant communities to Government in Tasmania: www.mcot.org.au Hobart Community Legal Service – can provide legal advice on governance issues: https://www.hobartlegal.org.au/

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Acknowledgement of country

MRC Tas acknowledges the palawa/pakana people as traditional custodians of the lands throughout Lutruwita/Tasmania on which we work. We pay respect to elders past and present and recognise their continuing connection with country and community.