Innovative Initiatives
Yura Bada
MECA partnered with Kallico Catering, an Aboriginal-owned local business led by Nene and Darrly Brown in an initiative called ‘Yura Bada’ (people need to eat – in Darug).
The initiative provided more than 11,000 hot-cooked meals to the local Aboriginal and CALD communities per month. We were overwhelmed and grateful that 526 community members and organisations donated online to support this initiative. I also want to acknowledge the financial and logistical support we received from Deborah Hatzi, MECA’s former staff and donor, ‘In My Blood, It Runs’ film production team, Foodbank, the Hon. Ed Husic MP, Blacktown City Council and Mount Druitt Police, Transurban and LEAD Professional. We are looking at long term solution to food security to for our community.
COVID-19 Survey Campaign
In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and the
impact it was having on our communities we
decided to be a part of an initiative to bring
about positive change.
We launched our
campaign to Stay Home, Get Tested and
Vaccinated. To launch the campaign our
team members, friends and family recorded
a multilingual video to reach the widely
diverse communities we interact with. We
partnered up with NSW Health and
Settlement Services Australia to conduct a
survey.
The aim of the survey was to assist in
identifying the vaccination status of those
we could reach in NSW. We also offered
question and answer sessions hosted by
medical experts and advisors that were
translated into several language’s to
address the concerns and questions people
had about Covid19 and the vaccination
program. The campaign was rewarded with
the allocation of a $50 e-gift voucher that
was won daily via a lucky draw and a second
draw after question and answer sessions to
reward those that joined us virtually for
their participation.