Meet Emily, a student at the Alliance of Chin Refugee (ACR) School in Kuala Lumpur. Emily is a 15 year old who is displaced from Myanmar and lives with her family in Malaysia. She spoke with WRS volunteer Ian Coverdale.
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In 2022, the Westgate Refugee Support team has been thrilled to welcome volunteer and secondary school teacher Angela Xu, who has been instrumental in developing a new WRS program: Digital Futures.
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Tara is a social worker from Melbourne, Australia, and is currently in Malaysia delivering psychosocial support activities to WRS partner schools, aiming to enhance students personal wellbeing and confidence.
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After COVID-19 restrictions prevented travel, WRS volunteers were able to visit Malaysia for the first time in two and a half years. Read more about the important work that Laurie, Ian and Tara were able to achieve on their trip.
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After Malaysia opened its borders to International visitors on April 1st 2022, the team at Westgate Refugee Support have been busy planning for the next volunteer trip, to take place during the mid-year school holidays in June 2022.
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