News stories tagged with "SSI"

A Ukrainian teenage girl forced by Russian bombing to flee her home on foot in freezing conditions, a former Taekwondo national champion and activist rushed out of Afghanistan due to threats from the Taliban, and an award-winning Year 12 student whose life was “shaped by the shadows of war” in Syria were three young speakers […]

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, […]

An award-winning course addressing the digital literacy gap for migrant and refugee women is enabling more newly arrived families to more easily connect with the online government services they need for settlement and daily life. The Digital Literacy for Women course, run by Navitas Skilled Futures Fairfield in collaboration with Settlement Services International (SSI), provides […]

An Afghan women’s social enterprise project combining English lessons with sewing is more about creating opportunities than products, with participants gaining skills and knowledge for greater social and economic independence.  As part of the ‘English for Sewing’ project a group of 15 recently arrived Afghan women living in Western Sydney are learning how to make […]

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 […]

Raad Imara has been living in Australia for more than 10 years, and after just a few weeks of taking part in the English for Courier Driving course he has finally secured his first official job – at Australia Post.

Raad said the course helped him with all aspects of the work and gave him the confidence to succeed in a role he loves.

The work involves packing items, driving and delivering parcels and letters – essential work during the pandemic.

Navitas Skilled Futures, in collaboration with Settlement Services International (SSI), has helped make everyday life activities easier for female refugees through a short practical course tailored specifically to their needs.
The course gave students the confidence to use essential smartphone applications and access government services.