At MYAN NSW we engage, support and connect young people settling into Australia.
Our work resources young people with new skills and broader networks of influence.
We collaborate with young people across the state so that your needs are met and your voices are heard. Our purpose is advocacy, our passion is collaboration.
We are a state-wide multicultural youth specialist service. We work to provide support and expertise to ensure young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds are able to build the skills, knowledge and networks they need to be active participants in Australian society.
We work closely with academics, policy makers, youth leaders and practitioners to build meaningful connections and further develop resources that support young people.
MYAN works in partnership with young people, government, and civil society to promote the rights and interests of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to ensure they are recognised in policy and practice.
Our unique approach means at MYAN, we build networks. We connect people who have recently arrived to the country to established networks of young people.
We work with young people in a way that honours their culture, experiences and heritage.
We focus on youth programs, sector capacity building and influencing public policy.
Through these streams we promote the needs and interests of young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds and the sector by:
We strongly believe that how we work is as important as what we do and that MYAN’s ways of working embodies our values.
MYAN NSW’s ways of working:
We facilitate opportunities for young people to exercise their right to fully participate in the decision-making processes that affect and shape their lives.
We are always looking for new and better ways of working. We do this through valuing learning, reflective practice and taking risks.
We work with young people as partners, in a way that honours their culture, experiences and heritage. We work with our sector to draw on the collective experience of practitioners and believe we are always stronger together.
We pursue social justice by maintaining a focus on equity, inclusion and cultural accountability.
We recognise that diversity is our strength and integral to our success.
