#StruggleStreet: 'You can counter poverty', says Bernie from the Brotherhood
'I came here 11 years ago and I didn't have much compassion in my heart,' says Bernie Bowden, 76, in a short-film by the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcNbT8xYa8kIn the two-minute video, Bernie, a member of the Brotherhood's Coolibah Centre , gives his take on SBS's much-debated documentary Struggle Streetwhile offering his own angle on disadvantage. 'I think you can counter poverty,' says Bernie. The Coolibah Centre, a place for older adults who have experienced hard times, is one of many ways the Brotherhood is working for an Australia free of poverty. However we know there is still a long way to go. The short video – captured on a mobile phone – is the first in a regular series, 'Brotherhood Stories', where people offer their insights on issues of poverty.
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13 May 2015'I came here 11 years ago and I didn't have much compassion in my heart,' says Bernie Bowden, 76, in a short-film by the Brotherhood of St Laurence.