Blaise Itabelo — How You Can Sponsor a Refugee Family to Settle in Australia

Meet our friend and neighbour Blaise Itabelo for the launch of Season 3 of the Who Is My Neighbour? podcast.
 
Blaise grew up in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania where he describe life in the camp like trying to walk in the dark. The day always felt like a year. You are lucky when you have 2 meals per day.

Blaise completed Primary and High school in the camp, and was then lucky to be awarded a UNHCR scholarship and studied a University degree in Dar Es Salaam Tanzania. Since migrating to Australia, Blaise has completed two postgraduate courses in Australian Migration Law and Practice as well as International and Community Development.

You'll learn about the incredible journey and experiences that Blaise had making his way from Congo to a Tanzanian Refugee Camp, and eventually to his new home in Australia.

In this episode you will also learn about The Community Refugee Integration and Settlement Pilot (CRISP).
This new program enables a local group of five or more people to welcome and support a refugee family from their first day in Australia.  We screen and train groups prior to matching them with a refugee household that has been identified as in urgent need of resettlement by the UNHCR.

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