Welcome to the Victorian Refugee Health Network.
We work to develop responsive health service systems that meet the needs of people from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers.
First Food for Babies is a brochure produced as part of the Food for Everybody project in conjunction with the Maternal and Child Health Team of the City of Greater Dandenong. The brochure is available in English and in Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Dari, Nuer and Mandarin.
Early Learning is Fun is a community initiative that promotes the importance of investing in children in the very earliest stages of life. Research shows that birth to five are the optimum years for language development and for young children foundational literacy skills are primarily
Western Region Health Centre (WRHC) recieved a Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Innovative grant from the Department of Health (DH) in 2010 to facilitate a program with refugee background mothers. The objectives of the WRHC proposal were: To provide pregnancy and early parenting educati
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development have a number of translated resources in new arrival community languages. Topics include: Interpreter Service Welcome to Early Childhood Services Children’s Services in Victoria – Information for parents and guard
I Love Kindergarten online videos are a parent resource about getting started at kindergarten. It is available in a number of languages spoken by people who are recent humanitarian entrants such as Arabic, Dari, Karen, Nuer, Somali and others.