Stories of culture add colour to menu

COOKING workshops, storytelling and a celebration meal were on the menu when Regional Victorians of Colour arrived in Boort on Tuesday.

Boort District Health and Boort District School teamed to bring a Nepalese cultural experience to students in Years 4 to 6.

Clinical services director Mubarak Meera Sahib said the visiting program allowed the community to share cultures and perspectives.

He said a large multicultural community had emerged within the Boort District Health workforce and Tuesday’s experience for students helped promote local diversity. es which conforms to contemporary building regulations.

Regional Victorians of Colour is a collective of people of colour living in regional Victoria promoting that people of colour belong, are valued and can contribute to regional communities. We advocate for and promote inclusion and social cohesion through initiatives that centre the aspirations of people of colour in regional and rural Victoria.

“The hall has served the local community for 114 years and has held many events during that time and it is sad to see it slowly fall into disrepair,” she said.

“Progress has finally caught up with the hall and what eventually will remain will be a plaque to acknowledge the existence and location of the hall, heritage memorial gates, museum memorabilia and the fond memories of those who attended functions.”