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Learning from others – from Palestine to South Australia > Jane Macdonald
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Learning from others – from
Palestine to South Australia
As Palestinians from Lebanon, Iman Masriel and Malak Fakhreddine had
never dreamed of visiting Australia, let alone doing it as part of their work.
Employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East, Iman and Malak help deliver education
direct to a refugee population that cannot access most government services
or professional employment open to the Lebanese population. In August
2011, they travelled from the Middle East to a remote Aboriginal community,
Pukatja (Ernabella) in South Australia with AVI Marketing Coordinator, Jane
Macdonald, and Middle East Country Manager, Vicki Mau, where they stayed
for four nights as part of a month-long professional development fellowship
through Australian Palestinian Partnerships (APP). Jane writes about the
outback experience.