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'I speak your language' helping elderly migrants stay connected

An elderly person receiving a phone call in the 'I speak your language' trial.
An elderly person receiving a phone call in the 'I speak your language' trial. Source: SBS

But the Red Cross is trialling a phone service in Queensland that helps the elderly migrants reconnect with the world around them through weekly phone calls in their mother languages.


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By Stefan Armbruster

Source: SBS


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But the Red Cross is trialling a phone service in Queensland that helps the elderly migrants reconnect with the world around them through weekly phone calls in their mother languages.



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