Suresh Ruberan is a youth worker and is studying a Master of Social Work. He is passionate about social justice and working towards equity for the vulnerable and/or oppressed. He believes in a care-based society that offers time and care to human and non-human animals is essential for the well-being of the world.
Women in prisons in Australia often come from backgrounds of disadvantage. Women and Mentoring (WAM) seeks to address these imbalances by offering an early, unique intervention program in Victoria that supports women and those who identify as women, when they have had…
What is possible if refugees are given greater community and government support? A story like that of Dr Linny Kimly Phuong and The Water Well Project is possible. Linny’s parents were Vietnamese boat people, leaving the war-torn country in the 1970s when…
For over a hundred years, Sparkways (formerly Try Mentoring) have been offering a mentoring program for young people. What do some of the young people completing the program today say about it? “I have learned that I can’t always change things and…
Carol Berger, a Community Development Worker, and Manager of Power Neighbourhood House, started Connecting Teens in 2008. Connecting Teens supports young people to experience and develop friendships. Her son, who is on the autism spectrum, was a teenager at the time and experiencing bullying and social…
