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Pickers on the way for Mildura accommodation hub
IT'S the quiet before the rush. The newly refurbished accommodation hub for seasonal workers in Mildura has opened and expects its first residents in the next month. The new hub, west of Mildura's CBD, will include 25 accommodation rooms and, with its communal kitchen...
Young Mildura men show the way to vaccinated safety
OLIVIER Kamanzi and Mugenzi Jackson have shown the way for Mildura's Congolese community to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The friends hope to encourage the rest of their community to join them in being fully vaccinated, despite some hesitancy. "At the moment there...
SMECC’s Food Relief Project helps out Sunraysia’s most in need
THOSE most in need in the Sunraysia community can rest assured they will be well looked after even during the COVID-19 crisis thanks to one of Mildura's leading supermarket outlets. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) this week received six pallets of...
Mildura food hub needs support, says councillor
MILDURA Council has been urged to throw its support behind a service that distributes food to those most in need. Victorian Government funding for the Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) Food Relief Project runs out by the middle of next...
Worker housing ‘safe and equitable’, says SMECC
A NEW 56-bed accommodation centre for seasonal workers will offer "safe and equitable" accommodation for seasonal workers in Mildura. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council pastoral care co-ordinator Corey Iredale said seasonal workers having access to...
Vaccine journey starts with information
A TEAM of workers at Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) has been hard at work translating information on the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines for Sunraysia's seasonal worker community. "A lot of people, the first time I met them, said no (to the...
Sunraysia food relief at full stretch dealing with quarantine
SUNRAYSIA'S community relief services were overwhelmed this week as hundreds of households were thrown into isolation at short notice amid Mildura's COVID-19 outbreak. Sunraysia's community food relief hub, operated at the Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council...
Funding boost for SMECC’s growing menu
PRE-prepared meals are now on the menu at Sunraysia's food relief hub after the organisation received a $93,000 funding boost. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) received the funding in a snap funding round announced by the Victorian Government after...
Seasonal worker grant
THE Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) has received a $450,000 grant to support 600 seasonal workers with work, accommodation and transport. The grant was announced under the Andrews Government’s $6 million Seasonal Workforce Accommodation Program...
Boost for local food services
FOOD relief services in Sunraysia will be strengthened after the region scored almost $750,000 in Victorian Government funding this week. Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC) received $74,817 and the Red Cliffs Community Resource Centre (RCCRC) awarded...