Councillor Kris Pavlidis of Whittlesea council and president of the Whittlesea Multicultural Communities Council cooks alongside Yuksel Ozturk from Turkey and Ngan Phan from Vietnam at one of the bi-monthly cultural days hosted by the WMCC.
Volunteer Elin Vandenberg, 23, works through a tricky homework question with Johnny Anderson, 16, an African refugee now attending Lalor Secondary College.
Nominations are open for the Whittlesea Reconciliation Group’s annual Reconciliation Awards, which celebrate individuals and community groups that have made a valuable contribution to reconciliation in the Whittlesea community.