Plans to replicate Gawad Kalinga Communities in the Western suburbs of Victoria

Jose Luis Oquinena (left) with Melbourne based GK members with Marisa Vedar (center)

Gawad Kalinga and local councils in the Western suburbs in Melbourne are looking into ways to tackle homelessness using the model of GK communties Source: suupklied by M Vedar

Sustainable communities finding various ways to tackle poverty have been at the centre of building Gawad Kalinga communities. In Victoria, leaders from the Filipino community and local councils discuss plans to replicate GK communities to help homelessness Gawad Kalinga's Jose Luis Oquinena and Melbourne based Marisa Vedar tell us more.


August 4-10 is Homelessness week 


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