Refugee Background Youth Talent Show
Creator: New Settlers Family & Community Trust
Artform: Art and talent showcase
Timeframe: April 2025
Location: Māngere East
This creative project is about giving you people with a refugee background a platform to showcase their Art and Craft talents.
The Refugee Background Youth Talent Show will bring many young people together to share and celebrate together with their local audience. This project idea was received as a request from the community.
Early this year and the New Settlers Family and Community Trust managed to run a very small version of the event where they 10 young people participated at the event. It was a huge success and was requested to be developed and delivered again. Amoug the youth involved were 2 female artists showcasing their drawing talent, 1 female performed her Martial Arts skills, 3 boys gave
an individual singing performance, 2 boys performed with with traditional instruments.
Support for the April 2025 event will include assisting to prepare the atists for the event, along with behind the scenes practice and resources for putting the event on.
“This is a special event and one of a kind that no one has ever done anything to promote, sustain and preserve refugee backgrount art, music and culture for the generations to come” Fahima Saeid, New Settlers Family and Community Trust.