Success Story - The Taste of Freedom
Munira was just 13 years old when she fled her home country of Eritrea in 1976 to escape civil war. She arrived in Australia in November 1994 under the Special Humanitarian Program.
On her way to Australia Munira spent 18 years in Sudan where she married and had two children. Her husband disappeared during a working trip, leaving the family to cope in difficult circumstances.
After learning of her husband's whereabouts, she proposed his entry under the Special Humanitarian Program. The family are now together and living in Melbourne.
Munira works with the Adult Multicultural Education Service, developing vocational projects for women who have arrived in Australia as refugees or migrants. One of these initiatives is the Sorghum Sisters catering company of three women from the Horn of Africa who arrived in Australia as refugees.
The women prepare traditional African dishes for a growing clientele in Melbourne. They provided catering for the event held by the department in February celebrating the arrival of 100 000 refugees in Australia in the last decade.
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