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Caring for our children

For those who do not know me, my name is Sheikh Abdinur Wali. I am the Head Imam of the Islamic Council of Victoria. Today we are here in the three Stone Mosque of the Masjid of Al Khattab.

I am Robyn Miller, I'm the CEO of MacKillop Family Services. We are a large agency that looks after children and works with families who need our help. And we are delighted to be working with the Muslim community. So thank you so much for having me. We have just had a wonderful greeting and a meal together. It is wonderful to be here.

Thank you very much. I think the, the initiative that MacKillop Family Services put together is to work with the Muslim children, to raise them in a Muslim culturally appropriate environment. And I think that's a great, great initiative. It's one of the things that was missing and we're really grateful for that service and we thank you for that.

Thank you so much Sheikh. We know that we need Muslim families to open their hearts. We know how much Muslim people love the children and we need the cultural expertise that we, we will have from you and we are getting from you now. And, and we can make it possible for children to grow up with culture and with their faith, and with Muslim families.

We have many children who need foster care and we will support, MacKillop Family Services will support and we will work in partnership. And we are very grateful for the cultural expertise and we want to work with deep respect with our Muslim communities.

Thank you. I think it is really important to mention that we as the Muslims, we really appreciate that you are trying to support the community and the children in every way and any way possible.

And it's, I think a pleasure for us to be a part of a such initiative. And we will try our best to do everything possible to make this a success story. In sha Allah, thank you so much.

We are delighted to be working together and we look forward to meeting many Muslim families.

Thank you. Thank you very much.