Our speaker at next Monday's Club meeting is Selba Gondoza Luka.
Selba is a Mental Health Clinician, Public Speaker, Family Violence advocate and Grassroot Community Leader. She is also the Founder and CEO of Afri-Aus Care Inc, a Not-For-Profit Organisation, which provides Culturally Appropriate support services to African Australians and those from other CALD backgrounds.
She is also the Co-Founder of the successful Black Rhinos Basketball Club, a Crime Prevention and Intervention Program for at-risk youth, she has recently Co-Founded a Youth program called the Ubuntu Peer-Peer Restorative Family.
She has extensive experience working with African Australian families who are facing resettlement challenges. Over the years, she has managed to connect with key stakeholders, e.g. Government Bodies, major organisations like ADRA Australia, African Community/Church Leaders, The University of Melbourne, Monash University, Swinburne University, Victoria University a number of Rotary Clubs in Rotary District 9800, etc. She is a Multiple Ward Winner and a Charter Member of Rotary Passport Club of Melbourne.
She has been working as a Task Force Member in a number of Key Government Departments. She believes in The Ubuntu Philosophy and she uses The Positive Change Model when working with at-risk youth and their families. Based on the outcomes of the Crime prevention programs she runs at Afri-Aus Care, The University of Melbourne has now published an article in relation to The Practice of Ubuntu in the justice system. Please click on the link for the full article:
http://go.unimelb.edu.au/u99r
She is currently working on number research and evaluation projects with a number of Faculties at the University of Melbourne