On Sunday, 1 December 2024, our 2025 cohort of Mercy Work’s MPower mentees met their mentors for the first time at the African Centre in Western Sydney. MPower is a mentorship program designed to support young people from a refugee background achieve their career goals and aspirations as they transition from high school to Uni, TAFE and professional careers. During the gathering, mentor and mentee spent time together. They shared their background stories, set goals, exchanged contact details and established how they would keep in contact over the course of their mentoring relationship.

The gathering was coordinated by Akon Kual  and other leaders from Sudanese Youth Rising. SYR is a new peer support organisation started by a previous cohort of MPower mentees.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to our mentors, and to the Sisters of Saint Joseph who are generously helping to fund the program. MPower is only possible because of your generosity of time and funding.