World Wellness Group

WWG was founded by a small group of Brisbane health workers who have held various professional roles in the multicultural sector for the past 25 years. During this time we have been part of many excellent multicultural health initiatives which have led to frustration and disappointment when they were invariably defunded due to changes in policy and funding priorities. Despite often being able to provide positive evaluation results, multicultural health has struggled to be on any political agenda. For a range of complex reasons, including lack of credible data, unhealthy migrants and refugees, especially those with mental illness, do not have a political voice. 
The multicultural health sector for the past 25 years has largely been a smattering of projects rather than services and the health status of certain immigrant groups, refugees and asylum seekers has actually worsened.   A lot of good ideas and energy has been wasted, many good people have left the sector disillusioned and multicultural communities are increasingly cynical about health projects.