49 {Michael Were} Crisis support during the Lismore Floods

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Todays episode features a guest who both helps those with their challenges, but also worked through one our biggest, recent natural challenges. The Lismore floods.

Michael Were is the Regional General Manager NSW for Lifeline and it is Michaels’ responsibility to oversee Lifeline’s operations across the Hunter, Central Coast, New England North West, and Eastern Sydney.

As well as having a career in a variety of non-profit organisations, helping out those in need, he was on the ground helping during the Lismore floods.

In this episode Michael shares:

- How he went from working in insurance to Open Heart International

- The lessons he learnt about how people’s situation influenced if they could live or die

- Why he made the move to lifeline

- His experiences with the beginning of the Lismore floods

- What he and Lifeline did to help during the floods

- What he witnessed in the aftermath of the Lismore floods

Key Quotes

“Where you live shouldn’t effect whether you live.”

“Culture and change and refreshing of people is actually a good thing.”

“There's a refugee crisis that no one is talking about in Australia.”

“People in crisis act in so many different ways.”

“Turning a chaos into a canvas.”

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