Samia Baho’s volunteer-run support service helps women with everything from escaping domestic violence to fostering finance skills
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Samia Baho is brewing coffee behind a food counter filled with za’atar flatbreads, spinach and cheese pastries, and baklavas.
Her phone buzzes frequently. A tertiary education provider is hoping to refer someone to Baho’s volunteer-run migrant women’s support service in Sunshine, in Melbourne’s west. Most days she also receives a call from a woman experiencing domestic violence who needs urgent help.