by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 22, 2017 | News, Stories
As an international student, discovering the Australian culture and people was an enriching experience for Sahil, made possible through the WDP. Breaking the Barriers with Food I came to Australia in 2013 and I was 18 years old. I had the worst experience that an...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 22, 2017 | News, Stories
Changing the World One Dinner at a Time I’ve been coordinating The Welcome Dinner Project in Melbourne since 2016. Coming from a politically active family and having worked in the settlement sector, with service providers and young people, WDP was something that was...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 20, 2017 | News, Stories
Arriving to Australia as a family from Iraq, Ali, Haneen and Hasan were able to form a large circle of friends through the WDP: Good Friends are Priceless Initially we were involved with the Welcome Dinner Project as guests. After this first Dinner, our circle of...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 20, 2017 | News, Stories
As an international student from China, Serena shares how WDP helped her come out of her shell while studying in Australia: Big Start for My New Life in Melbourne When I arrived in Australia to study my accounting/business law Master degree, I didn’t participate in...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 19, 2017 | News
Leta Chen is an established Australian and dinner host from Melbourne who has found The Welcome Dinner Project has positively affected her life in more ways than one. Opening Home and Opening Heart In June 2015 a friend of mine forwarded an email prior to the...
by Welcome Dinner Project | Dec 18, 2017 | News, Stories
An Honour to Meet Australian People When me and my family came to Australia in 2007, we felt like strangers who couldn’t express themselves. Back then we really needed a program that would give us a chance to feel less embarrassed, less alien. If WDP existed back...
