Exclusive: COVID-19 program set up in wake of tower lockdowns scrapped | aishamae
It is estimated that around 300 people have been employed by the program, including those in their first job since moving to Australia, who are now facing an uncertain future.A program set up after the 2020 public housing tower lockdowns to boost COVID-19 vaccination and provide practical assistance to some of Victoria’s most vulnerable communities will be scrapped at the end of this month, in a move advocates say comes at the worst possible time.
She was able to arrange for food, including Halal meat, to be delivered to the family, when growing COVID-19 cases were causing major delays to online food deliveries. Nuraini Mahamud, who works at North Richmond Community Health, worries that if the program is dismantled and then needed again, it will take months to re-establish the trust that had been built with the community over almost two years.In an example of how versatile the program became, the community development worker said she arranged to get a rangehood fixed within a day for a mother who had been unable to cook in her own home for six months.
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