The Art of Neighbourliness
Neighbour: It’s a word that evokes many different feelings and thoughts. It’s also the theme of You Belong’s upcoming Art Exhibition in February. Why not get involved? Submit an artwork, become a sponsor, or attend as a guest and check out the amazing art.
Helping refugees in deeper ways - A story from a You Belong volunteer
Meet Nick, a You Belong volunteer, and hear about how his regular interactions with a refugee couple led to being able to provide help in a deeper way.
Bike to Belong - Riding 80kms for the 80 million displaced globally
Coinciding with the most significant week of awareness and learning around refugee & displaced peoples, Bike to Belong event was held during United Nations World Refugee Day — June 20. The challenge was to ride 80km…
Picnic in the park
Queen’s Park, Toowoomba, proved to be the perfect place for a pop-up picnic….
A glimpse into the refugee crisis from the frontlines
The global refugee crisis, from the eyes of a volunteer who served in a temporary island camp off Greece…
You Belong band singer - Zandi
Zandi is a Zimbabwe-born Aussie who is part of the You Belong band. We recently interviewed Zandi …
Standing in solidarity with Yezidi refugees after loved ones are identified in mass graves in Iraq
Rachael Carter shares her heart about how challenging it is for refugees to integrate into Aussie life with continuous traumatic stress happening in their homelands and with their family members.
Living through crisis
An interview with Nihad sharing her thoughts about how Yezidi people have survived many times of crisis.
Saying goodbye from afar.
Zainab lost her husband in 2014 when ISIS brutally attacked a Yezidi town. Today, 6 years later, his body has been found and she says goodbye from afar…
Bringing middle eastern foods to Toowoomba
Meet the Shangal Shopping store owner who’s brining middle eastern foods to Toowoomba…