A new community initiative is set to help Australia's Middle Eastern community assist in the search for people who have been deemed missing by the Australian Federal Police. Read more here:
Eighteen 22 Casual Dining cafe owner Bashar Krayem is presenting information on missing people in Arabic to transcend language barriers in the community.Could a cup of coffee and a conversation in Arabic help find Australia's missing people?
In light of National Missing Persons week, a local initiative has translated 50 missing people's information into Arabic to bridge the gap in communication with Australia's Middle Eastern communities.The restaurant, Eighteen 22, is based in Punchbowl, where more than a third of the area's population speaks Arabic -Its partner in the initiative, Community Care Kitchen, helps vulnerable groups in southwest Sydney with food relief and insecurity.
We feel like we owe this to our community, to our parents, and of course, to the people who are missing ... if our community can help in any way, we want to be a part of that."We chose specifically historic disappearances because we know that that 10 years ago, 15 years ago, 20 years ago, there wouldn't have been a lot of resources for our own parents to see who's missing," she said.
While Mr Krayem said he understood the chances of finding a missing person from the campaign might be slim, the aim was all about starting a conversation that never would have been had in the first place. Emily Hall from the NMPCC said in a statement to SBS News that the NMPCC has "a number of publications including factsheets" on its website that can be translated into up to seven languages if requested."The public are able to request copies translated in Chinese, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese by emailing [email protected]," Ms Hall said.
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