Our Rotary Club of Hawthorn’s meeting on the 31st July will have John Millington OA speak on the positives resulting from an initiative to attract refugees to the town and its surrounding area.
He will describe how he, the Rotary Club of Nhill and the town provided an opportunity for the formerly oppressed Karen people from Burma to be employed and ultimately become a positive influence in the town.
The town of Nhill in Victoria’s Wimmera region has led the way and shown how very positive results can come from those who are new to Australia and are able to assimilate with the support of their fellow Australians.
The success story was featured in the weekend Australian: https://bit.ly/2mvS9fg
John Millington is President of the Rotary Club of Nhill and plans are underway for the Rotary Club of Hawthorn members to visit the town in the near future to enjoy the town’s hospitality with Nhill Rotarians and meet members of the Karen community.
Should you or your friends wish to attend this meeting please call Noel Halford Mob 0419 018901John and Margaret Millington. Picture: Julian Kingma
Karen women at the Paw Po shop. Picture: Julian Kingma