What Can We Do?

What Can We Do?

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What Can We Do? episodes

  • Vaaranam Children's Books is connecting children through language.

    Tamil is the third most frequently spoken Indian language at home in Australia. However, there are no formal systems in place to help this language thrive and grow for future generations. The preservation of the language usually falls to families. Vanitha Veerasamy started Vaaranam Children's Books as a way to get her own child engaged in her mother tongue, and as a resource for other Tamil children living in Australia. 

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    20 min
  • StartSomeGood is lowering barriers for social entrepreneurs

    Social enterprises are on the rise, as more and more people feel a call to live with purpose. Tom Dawkins founded StartSomeGood, a crowdfunding platform to lower barriers to ensure as many voices get represented in the social enterprise landscape. 

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    14 min
  • Grace + Grit Social Enterprise is breaking the trafficking supply chain.

    Human trafficking has become the fastest growing crime in the past few years and experts agree that the problem is getting worse. Dr Abi Foluké Badejo, Founder & Director of Grace + Grit Social Enterprise, implements her research findings to effect social behaviour change, along with providing opportunities and options to survivors in Nigeria and Cameroon.

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    21 min
  • SheQu Group Inc is empowering LBT+ women from CALD backgrounds.

    LGBTQI+ people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds face multiple barriers in society and in their professional careers. Kamalika Dasgupta, founder of SheQu Group Inc, wants to ensure that LBT+ women of colour in Australia have the tools and resources they need to live their best possible life.

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    22 min
  • YourLink is helping Seniors with digital inclusion.

    Lack of digital inclusion affects approximately 2.5 million Australians, 10% of the population. YourLink's co-founder, Richard Scenna, talks about how the social enterprise is working to change this for a particular digitally excluded group - older Australians, seniors, through technology. 

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    20 min
  • Season 2 Trailer

    Welcome back to Season 2 of this series.

    New episodes will be launched from 27th January onwards.

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    2 min
  • Parramatta Women's Shelter expands accommodation services for women

    Liz Scully and her board members are expanding crisis accommodation services for women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with the opening of Parramatta Women's Shelter. 

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    15 min
  • Dress for Success Sydney supports vulnerable women

    Megan Etheridge is harnessing community goodwill to support vulnerable women, through Dress for Success Sydney.

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    19 min

About What Can We Do?

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The world might seem like a scary place right now, but it is important to remember that there is a lot of good happening around us. In this podcast, host Prema Menon speaks to social enterprises,…