News stories tagged with "Basim Shamaon"

Navitas Skilled Futures (NSF) Fairfield has been awarded $5000 as part of the Commonwealth Bank’s Community Donations Program, in recognition of their work supporting refugees and migrants in Western Sydney.  The grant was allocated following a community vote in CommBank branches in Sydney’s Bankstown region, and the cheque presented on 31 October at the Commonwealth […]

Christmas is a widely celebrated holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, who is a central figure in Christianity. The holiday falls on December 25th every year and is observed by billions of people around the world, both religiously and culturally. While its origins are rooted in Christian tradition, Christmas has also become a […]

Becoming an Australian citizen gives migrants the opportunity to fully participate in Australian life and say, “I am Australian”. It also gives them the right to vote or seek election to parliament, apply for an Australian passport and re-enter Australia freely, and work in the Australian Public Service and the Australian Defence Force.   But […]

Navitas Skilled Futures (NSF) and Settlement Services International (SSI) have proudly launched a book written for newcomers to Australia to help them with their settlement. From Iraq to Australia: Jewels from My Journey, by NSF Stakeholder Engagement Manager Basim Shamaon, was officially launched in Fairfield on Wednesday 22 February among representatives from refugee and migrant […]

Navitas Skilled Futures Stakeholder Engagement Manager Basim Shamaon has written a book about his settlement journey, as part of his ongoing devotion to assist and inspire new Australians, and raise positive awareness of migrants and refugees in the wider community.  Basim, who started his life in Western Sydney as a teenage refugee from war-torn Iraq, […]

Navitas Skilled Futures has helped a Fairfield AMEP student find her first job in Australia, in an important and meaningful community-based role, with two more students to follow. Midya Boya ran her first session this month as a Bilingual Community Educator (BCE) in the South Western Sydney Local Health District and said it was “amazing”. […]

A Navitas Skilled Futures initiative that kept thousands of Western Sydney people connected, informed and safe during the COVID-19 lockdowns has been recognised with a Western Sydney Community Forum Zest Award. The Exceptional Community Partnership Award recognised the “extraordinary impact” of Navitas Skilled Futures’ “Ask the Expert” project, which provided targeted practical information to people […]

Dhafer Shano has more than 20 years’ experience repairing electrical items in his home town of Baghdad. But today in the Western Sydney suburb of Fairfield, it is the welfare of fellow migrants being carefully tended to by the 56-year-old Chaldean refugee. Dhafer arrived in Australia with his wife and son in 2017, having originally fled […]

Navitas Skilled Futures Stakeholder Engagement Manager Basim Shamaon was one of six community leaders who presented to policymakers this week at the launch of a report looking into the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in South Western Sydney.

The Pulse Report, by the Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), seeks to amplify the voices of these communities, presenting insights and actionable recommendations for now and the future, to manage the impacts of the pandemic and plan for recovery.

During Refugee Week, Navitas Skilled Futures’s Basim Shamaon received a prestigious NSW Humanitarian Award for his outstanding work with refugees.

He spoke to Fiona West about his own journey as a young Iraqi refugee and how it helped him find his calling in a vocation devoted to helping others.