A multicultural education aide at Greater Shepparton Secondary College and a member of the Iraqi community, Mr Saraf has been working long days getting information to his community since the outbreak's first positive case of COVID-19 was recorded in Shepparton on Friday.
He is spending his time on the phone, talking to people in the community, in meetings, and translating important information from the school, Department of Health website and Shepparton News COVID-19 updates into Arabic.
“I’m translating as much information as possible,” Mr Saraf said.
Mr Saraf said he was then distributing his translated information through any means he could, mainly relying on social media, including his own accounts, and others in the Iraqi community.
While working mainly with the Iraqi community and those who speak Arabic, Mr Saraf said he was also receiving phone calls from the Indian and African communities who knew about his work at the school. He has also been helping these communities with information in English.
He said his main focus had been ensuring people were getting tested if they needed to and clarifying information they may not understand, such as ensuring that if someone or a member of their household had been to a Tier 1 exposure site that everyone must stay at home for 14 days.
Because of his role with the school, Mr Saraf is also one of the thousands of Sheppartonians who have to isolate.
He just wants to help others get through this.
“We are all in this together,” he said.
“We need to stand with each other and make sure Shepparton cleans up the virus.”
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