School can be challenging enough for most kids, but what about if you’re from a different cultural background to most of your classmates?
It can be a positive or negative experience depending on support and people around you.
Naseema Mustapha is a South African Muslim migrant who came to Brisbane as a child in the late 70s. Now, she volunteers in refugee health services and her own children are in school. She tells us what it was like going to school in Australia in the 70s-80s, and how different it is to her childrens’ experiences today.
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Last week, we went to Yeronga State High School’s Multicultural Festival. The students of Yeronga State High School in Brisbane’s south-west are from 55 different countries and over 60 distinct cultural groups. These groups are from all over the world – Afghanistan and Iran, to Thailand and Vietnam, to Somalia and Sudan, to Russia to Tonga to Bangladesh.
Over 50% of students are from refugee backgrounds.
Students paraded through the school’s courtyard dressed in traditional clothing from their family’s homelands.
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- Japan
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- Iran
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- India
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- Germany
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- Bangladesh
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- Afghanistan
Community organisations such as the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland and the Multicultural Development Association were there to talk to students.
Julio from MDA set up a stall talking to students about getting jobs. He told us about himself and his work with MDA.
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Where are you From? chatted to students as checked out the stalls and ate from an array of multicultural foods.
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Kids checking out the MDA jobs stall.
Where Are You From? 