The Mulberry Project is a registered tax-deductible charity that creates employment pathways in farming and food.
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People transitioned into employment
The Mulberry Project Ltd is an employment focused social enterprise founded in 2016 as a migrant market gardening initiative that upskills and connects disadvantaged job seekers with employers in the Australian agricultural, horticultural and rural sectors.
We collaborate with horticulture industry body Growcom, to design and deliver funded employment pathway initiatives, particularly employment pathway programs to link refugees, migrants and other disadvantaged job seekers to agricultural employment.
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Imagine spending 16 years in a refugee camp only to come to a country where you can’t find a job?
That is the fate of 33% of new migrants in the Toowoomba region five years after arrival. Our city has welcomed around 10,000 humanitarian migrants over the past decade and is the third largest refugee settlement area in Queensland. While picking mulberries at our property in Nobby in late September 2016, a friend said, “You have so much land! Why aren’t you growing anything?”
The Mulberry Project grew from this conversation and connects two issues:
Underutilised farmland and unemployment in migrant communities
The Mulberry Project aims to address unemployment in disadvantaged communities by:
Transforming underutilised farmland into niche market gardens, and facilitating pathways to training, employment and well-being for migrants through the growing and preparing of food
Our dream is to rethink settlement by developing a model for social and economic inclusion through sustainable food production across the country.
Are you a work ready migrant, refugee or an international student aged 18 or older and are looking for work?
The Diverse Queensland Workforce program is designed to assist skilled migrants, International students, and refugees into employment. This QLD Government Initiative is funded under the Future Skills Fund.
If you are a work ready migrant, refugee or an international student aged 18 or older and are looking for work within the Agricultural and Agri Business Industry, you may be eligible to participate.
Please email us at admin@themulberryproject.org.au for more information and information on eligibility.
Major Sponsor
Heritage Bank is our Major Sponsor providing a helping hand for The Mulberry Project’s Social Gardening Program