Palmerston AMEP Students Win International Art Award at Darwin Exhibition
Last month Palmerston AMEP students entered 2023 Rights on Show Art Exhibition, held by Darwin Community Legal Service. The exhibition, held in conjunction with Human Rights Day and the Anti-Discrimination Commissions’ Human Rights Awards, provides a platform for Territorians to self-express through art with a focus on human rights, addressing issues that matter to them, […]
AMEP Students’ Stunning Artworks on Display at Darwin Exhibition
Each year AMEP students at Palmerston enter their artwork in Darwin Community Legal Service’s Human Rights Art Awards & Exhibition “Rights On Show.” Now in its 27th year, the DCLS is an event led and facilitated by Darwin Community Legal Service annually, In 2023, the United Nations (UN) have declared the International Year of Dialogue […]
It’s in the bag: community collaboration set to make a big splash
Next month over forty children with asthma will dive back into their swim program and will leave the lesson with a carefully crafted bag that they can safely store their puffer and spacer in. Twelve women from the sewing group at STEPS Education and Training Palmerston volunteered their time and sewing skills to make 300 […]
World Refugee Day with STEPS: Mohammad is driven to succeed
Mohammad Belal didn’t know anything about Australia before he came. He had a friend who told him to come here because it was a good country. Mr Belal arrived in Australia as a refugee in 2013, he didn’t speak English, but he wanted to make a new life for himself in Australia. Born in Sudan, […]
Netpreya finds community at STEPS
Relocating to another country is a brave move; moving overseas can often mean negotiating new language, cultural, and social barriers. International Migrants Day is on 18th December and is an opportunity to celebrate, recognise and raise awareness of migrants all around the world. Netpreya moved from Thailand to Australia in 2016. She enrolled in the […]
Darwin students are sew generous
Darwin locals are showing their true colours in a quilt-making project, which will be donated to a disability college in Queensland when completed. The quilt, which is being made in the colours of the Aboriginal flag, is being made for NAIDOC Week by students from the STEPS Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program. The […]
