Interrelate Annual Report 2015-16 | Page 60

Jok’s Story Jok Mabior was born in Central South Sudan and came to Australia in 2005 on a Humanitarian Visa. He is now a valued staff member in Coffs Harbour. His journey reminds us that refugees have enormous courage to begin again, to work hard and to maintain hope in an unfamiliar land. “ Hope is tethered on the past with a long rope to reach the future. I often dream about impossible things and it keeps me going... ” 58