Migrant Development Program

Part of the Flood Wellbeing and Disaster Program 2025 grants.

The Maryborough Neighbourhood Centre aims to strengthen social ties and educate the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) community about disaster readiness and resilience through its ongoing Migrant Development Program (MDP). They plan to engage up to 300 members of the Maryborough CALD community in the following ways:

• Organising cultural activities combined with workshops on disaster readiness and resilience, providing opportunities for social interaction.
• Creating a recipe book featuring resilience stories and multicultural cuisine, which will be distributed for free. The book will include disaster readiness tips and other relevant information.
• Hosting a multicultural community event to wrap up the project and launch the recipe book.

By the end of the project, they expect CALD community members to have improved disaster readiness through increased knowledge, planning, connections, and social interaction. Additionally, they anticipate enhanced social cohesion between the CALD community and other residents of Maryborough, as well as a greater recognition of culture as a source of strength for disaster resilience and recovery.