(Co-Founder) Entrepreneurship and business development
Through ValueNation, I help startups understand their unique value proposition, connect to their users and build strategies to upscale. I am also interested in developing the Migrant/Refugee entrepreneurship ecosystem in Australia through education and mentorship programs
(Co-Founder & Director), Employment and Education
Kowanj is a registered charity and community-led organisation established in response to the emerging social, educational, and employment needs of African refugees & new and emerging communities in Australia.
As the main link between communities and government, the Victorian Multicultural Commission engages with multicultural and multifaith groups to understand the issues they face. We then work together to identify and recommend potential solutions to government, policymakers and community organisations to make public services more inclusive and accessible.
Strategic Partnerships + Community Engagement
Spectrum delivers services to newly arrived and/or established people with migrant and refugee backgrounds. My work involved strategic design and delivery of services to diverse communities and individuals to help them successfully settle in all aspects of community life.
Additionally, I led a number of partnerships and collaborations, including the Shared Prosperity research, mapping employment and entrepreneurship eco-system and journey for migrant/refgugee communities in the Hume area.
Strategic Partnerships + Community Engagement
Spectrum delivers services to newly arrived and/or established people with migrant and refugee backgrounds. My work involved strategic design and delivery of services to diverse communities and individuals to help them successfully settle in all aspects of community life.
Additionally, I led a number of partnerships and collaborations, including the Shared Prosperity research, mapping employment and entrepreneurship eco-system and journey for migrant/refgugee communities in the Hume area.
Leadership training and facilitator
The Centre for Multicultural Youth is a not-for-profit organisation based in Victoria, providing specialist knowledge and support to young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. As a youth leadership facilitator, I delivered tens of leadership training sessions to young people from refugee background in schools, youth advisory boards, youth organsiations and in the community.
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Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (ECCV) is the peak body for migrant and refugee communities in Victoria. We work with more than 220 member organisations, including ethnic associations, multicultural service providers, and eight regional ethnic communities’ councils.
Lighthouse is a place-based collective impact initiative that works to improve the outcomes of people in the Shepparton community from conception to career. The organisation works to ensure all children, young people and families in Greater Shepparton reach their full potential and thrive.
Lighthouse is a place-based collective impact initiative that works to improve the outcomes of people in the Shepparton community from conception to career. The organisation works to ensure all children, young people and families in Greater Shepparton reach their full potential and thrive.
This social enterprise exists to empower women from migrant & refugee backgrounds to find employment success through the shared love of food. Our mission is to create systemic change against inequitable barriers to employment, especially in the hospitality sector in Australia.
Strategic thinking, Problem solving, Diversity and Inclusion, Stakeholder management, Community engagement, Service design. Creative thinking.
Advisory Roles
Strategic thinking, Problem solving, Diversity and Inclusion, Stakeholder management, Community engagement, Service design. Creative thinking.
Advisory Roles
Grass-root community development, service design, Communication, Governance.
Roles: General Manager, Public Officer roles
A Beacon Of Hope Youth Organisation
Humanitarian Dialogue Foundation
Arrived in Australia as an Iraqi refugee after living in Syria and Iran for years.
