COVIDSafe video series
We have invited older members from the Indonesian, Sinhala, Mandarin and Cantonese-speaking communities to share their stories & perspectives about living through COVID-19 and their practices of COVIDSafe. The videos are produced around five themes:
Vaccination and booster
Symptoms, testing and care
Reconnect to social lives
Travel and re-exploring Victoria
Community-determined topic
Videos are being produced and rolling out progressively
COVIDSafe: Vaccination & booster
Vaccination and booster - Cantonese
Vaccination and booster - Indonesia
Vaccination and booster - Mandarin
Vaccination and booster - Sinhala
COVIDSafe: symptoms, testing and care
Symptoms, testing and care - Mandarin
Symptoms, testing and care - Indonesian
Symptoms, testing and care - Sinhala
Symptoms, testing and care - Cantonese
Reconnection
Social reconnection - Indonesian
Social reconnection - Sinhala
Social reconnection - Cantonese
Social reconnection - Mandarin
Reactivation
Travel & Reactivating Victoria - Indonesian
Travel & Reactiving Victoria - Cantonese
Travel & Reactiving Victoria - Sinhala
Travel & Reactivating Victoria - Mandarin
Community reflections
Community learning & reflection - Indonesian
Myth buster - Sinhala
Community reflection - Cantonese and Mandarin
Community Ambassadors Videos
These additional videos were produced in early 2023 in response to the spike of COVID cases in mainland China, which caused concerns and distresses to the Chinese communities in Victoria. The four videos, two in Mandarin and two in Cantonese, aim to encourage older Chinese and Asian migrants to become more actively involved sharing their wisdom to the community and spreading the community’s stories to the wider public.
Shirley, who is one of the winners of the Photo Competition, shared her experience of participating the Competition, and living through COVID in VIC
Ada, who won two prices in the Photo Competition and contributed to the COVIDSafe Video series, shared her experience and expertise in photography. She’s been running online photography classes for older Chinese migrants throughout COVID. They are glad to be able to meet in person to learn and take photos together
Catherine, a retired nurse, has found new love in photography, doing volunteering works, and painting. She won a shortlisted price in the Photo Competition and is encouraging other older (Chinese) migrants to become more active in social and community events.
Ms Fung and Ms Ma explained why they participated in the COVIDSafe video series production and, showed us activities in their local senior club since COVID restrictions eased in VIC