Rachael Carter — Empowering Refugees to Integrate & Thrive

Since 2018, Rachael Carter has been the Operations Manager for youBelong, a nonprofit empowering refugees to thrive in Australia by facilitating community integration and personal growth through training and generous hospitality.

youBelong is known for their extravagant Welcome Picnics, ground-breaking GROW resilience trauma recovery program, and their various relationship-based English language groups and home visit initiatives.

Rachael brings to her leadership role with youBelong a 15-year successful nursing career, including her role as Nursing Clinical Lead in the set up of a new General Practice through to it gaining successful accreditation.

Most recently she pioneered the role of Refugee Health Nurse in a Settlement Agency in Toowoomba, which was the first role of its kind in the state of Queensland.

In this episode, we talk about Rachael's personal journey and passion to serve refugees and vulnerable newcomers to Australia, as well as the adventure of teaming up with youBelong founder, Tim Buxton, to launch and oversee their work in Toowoomba, Australia.

You can follow Rachael on Instagram @rach.cart. You can also learn more about the work of youBelong by visiting www.youbelong.org.au or following youBelong on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook @youbelongaust

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