An update on Zahra

A few months ago, we introduced you to Zahra, a single mother of two boys. We wanted to give you an update on how she and her family are doing.

When we spoke to Zahra recently, we were so happy to hear that she’s going to be starting work in her chosen field as a professional photographer once Term 4 gets underway.

And, with support from her advisor, at one of our Family and Community Centres, she and her two boys have been making the best of what has been an extremely challenging time for so many of us in Melbourne.

Single-parent families have the highest poverty rates among all family types, and children in single-parent families are more than three times as likely to live in poverty than children in couple families.^{^}

That’s why our advocacy work in this area, and the support we provide single parents – particularly women who head four out of five single-parent households – is so critical.

We’re inspired by Zahra’s story of courage and her resolve to build a secure future, despite the challenges she has faced, for herself and her family.

^{^} Source: ACOSS and UNSW 2020