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Multicultural Bay Ambassadors

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About the Program

Our community is diverse and we need more diverse values and voices reflected in our industry and environmental action. The Multicultural Bay Ambassadors Program is a four-month volunteer internship program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) emerging professionals to develop skills in community engagement and citizen science, and share cultural knowledge for the EcoCentre to better understand and design our programs.

Please read through the lovely blog post written by Nethmi Nagahulla and learn more about cultural diversity, nature connection, and her experience as a Multicultural Bay Ambassador.

Watch this space for future opportunities. 

Summer 2023/24: Lara Salaysay, Malvika Pandey, Faris Nus Khulafa, Sandra Sanchez.
Summer 2022/23: Kacey Tada, Claudia Zarate, Parth Zaveri, Arjumand Khan.
Summer 2021/22: Catalina Mardones, Jiani Zhang, Justine Nikiciuk, Nethmi Nagahulla.
Summer 2019/20: Jinhua Xue, Niharika Sharma, Noor Salman, Saniya Dsouza.
Summer 2018/20: Elissa Howard, Katy Li, Yashoda Pathak.
Summer 2017/18: Brisa Yonzon, Chenxin Tu, Oscar Chen.

Finalist: Keep Victoria Beautiful Sustainable Cities Awards 2020, Young Legends

The Multicultural Bay Ambassadors Program is supported by the Victorian Government Port Phillip Bay Fund (2022-2024 and 2018 – 2020) and Coastcare Victoria (2017/18, 2021/22).

 

The EcoCentre acknowledges the Kulin Nations, including the Yalukut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung language group, traditional owners of the land on which we are located.

We pay respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to other Aboriginal and Elder members of our multicultural community.