Young refugees face many challenges when settling into Australia. The obvious difficulties are lingual and cultural differences, but many have also left difficult and traumatic lives behind.
Westside circus was founded in 1996, and their mission is to make positive social change in the wider community through circus arts.
I went along to Westside’s “circus bridging program”, which uses circus arts to help young refugees learn new skills before they transition from English language school to mainstream education.
Sources in order: Simon Clarke, Jane Hartnell, Bianca and Kate.
