Dari, Pashto or Farsi speaking Volunteer Wanted | Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre

Volunteering opportunities

Position type
Aged services
Time commitment
Ongoing
Days required
Flexible except Sunday
Frequency
once a fortnight for 1 hour or less
Time of day
9am - 5pm
Position description summary
We are seeking Dari, Pashto or Farsi speaking Volunteers to provide friendship and companionship to elderly migrants from Afghanistan background who are experiencing loneliness and isolation. Volunteers will visit the elderly migrant once a fortnight, for one hour, to talk and interact, do safe activities together eg have a cuppa together, listen to music, read a book or go for a walk if the client is able.
Contact name
Godette McGregor
Contact phone number
0408 015 128
Contact email
odettem@smrc.org.au
Organisation
Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre
Organisation description
Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre is a not for profit organisation that provides a range of community based services for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the Southern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.
Organisation website
http://www.smrc.org.au
Organisation address
39 Clow Street, Dandenong VIC 3175