Australia Post to mentor refugees
A group of 13 young refugees will receive mentoring and access to social and business networks through the launch of Ucan2, a collaboration between Australia Post and Foundation House. Foundation House is one of Victoria’s leading support organisations for refugees.
The refugees, aged between 16 and 24, will be mentored by 13 Australia Post staff with the goal of increasing education, training and employment opportunities in their first 15 months of settlement into Australia.
Australia Post’s CEO and managing director, Ahmed Fahour, and Foundation House executive director, Paris Aristotle, signed an MOU that signals Australia Post’s intention to provide ongoing in-kind support of the Ucan2 program to achieve social inclusion goals for the refugee community.
“Our workplaces, and our employees, at Australia Post provide a magnificent window on the role that business can play as an enabler of social integration,” Fahour said.
“We want to lead by example, and I appeal to other corporations to open up their networks for the refugee community to access new social, education and employment contacts.”
