Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) Celebrate 21 years of Service
The Southern Migrant & Refugee Centre (SMRC) celebrated 21 Years of servicing multicultural communities on the 15th October 2014 at their Dandenong office.
The celebration included a vibrant performance from a Sudanese dance group, and speeches by Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and CEO Jenny Semple.
Jenny Semple shared her journey of working at the centre since 1998, and screened a video that has been developed for the anniversary showing an overview of '21 years of stories' from various clients, volunteers and workers of the SMRC.
The Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre are a not-for-profit community based agency who provide services to migrants and refugees living in the southern region of Melbourne, covering the local government areas of City of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Shire of Cardinia and surrounding areas.
SMRC employ 61 office-based staff, full-time and part-time, 95 bilingual personal workers, and 100 volunteers, speaking over 100 languages.
Watch the SMRC 21 years of stories video
Image: Andrea Baranski, Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing and Felicita Sivasudasan, Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre