FASTCO Annual Picnic, Welcoming and Mentoring Newly Arrived Filipino Students

Every year hundreds of Filipinos arrive to Australia to take up higher education and training, many of them were initially lost, lonely and homesick. In Melbourne Filipin0 students named FASTCO - Filipino Australian Students Council where they have formed a bond that not only helps forget the loneliness it also creates new pathways for friendships and new opportunities. Image: Lem Lopez, Lucille del Valle and Jay delos Reyes at SBS Studios, Melbourne Federation Square (SBS Filipino)

Lem Lopez, Lucille del Valle and Jay DeLos Reyes at SBS Studious, Melbourne Federation Square Source: SBS Filipino

This week, they will welcome the 2016 batch of Filipino students from the Philippines with a small gathering, picnic.