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, […]
Newsletter Out Now- STEPS Adult Migrant English Program
Welcome to our Spring Edition of the STEPS Adult Migrant English Program Newsletter, and a big welcome to all of our new students! We’ve had a very busy winter and with the new spring arriving, we have new classes, new courses and new connections forming across our wide AMEP family. It’s a very exciting time […]
Supporting Migrants Every Step of the Way
Throughout history, people have left their homelands in hope of finding better opportunities, safety and a better life for them and their families – ambitions all of us aspire to. Migration is a brave physical expression of the human will to triumph over danger, poverty and misfortune, to take one’s life into their own hands […]
STEPS Collaborate to Empower Migrant Women
STEPS Casuarina have partnered up with Australian Red Cross Migration Support Programs (MSP) to deliver workshops designed in the spirit of empowering, as well as harnessing the many strengths that come from the women’s refugee and migrant communities in the Darwin area. The free workshops for the Adult Migrant English Program students, held recently at the Red […]
STEPS Helping Migrants Settle through Improved Language and Employability Skills
Finding and settling into a new job can be a challenge for anyone, but for someone who has recently migrated and is new to the Australian culture, language and workforce it can be even more daunting. Fortunately, support is on hand for those who need that extra help gaining language and job skills necessary to […]
Our People – Jennifer Lopes – AMEP Teacher Alice Springs
STAFF PROFILE Q&A: We recently caught up with our new Adult Migrant English Program teacher ‘on the block’ Jennifer Lopes! Jennifer loves working with new Australians to help them become part of our multicultural country! She believes that ‘language is the key to belonging as it enables people to communicate with others and be part of […]