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donating blood,” blood ser-vice spokeswoman Erin La-goudakis said. “One keyblood product is plateletswhich only has a shelf life offive days.”

To donate, phone 13 14 95or visit donateblood.com.au

bourne donor centres be-tween Friday, April 22 andMonday, April 25.

“As with each long week-end, we’re concerned thatwith many Australians willtake a break and that wewon’t have enough people

ROLL up your sleeve andsave three lives by donatingblood during the Anzac Daylong weekend.

The Australian Red CrossBlood Service urgentlyneeds to fill about 450 donorappointments across Mel-

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Arif Hazara will travel toGeneva in June to participatein the UNHCR negotiationswith non-government organ-isations. Picture: RODNEY DEKKER

Representing refugeesIT IS easy to understandwhy education is such apassion for Noble Parkresident Arif Hazara.

Fleeing Pakistan at theend of 2010 when the target-ed killing of Hazaras was atits peak, Mr Hazara – thenaged 16 – took a boat with 52other people and spent eightdays on the Indian Ocean toreach Australia.

He was found by Austra-lian authorities to be a

refugee. Mr Hazara will ad-dress the need for formaleducation for refugees andasylum seekers when hetravels to Geneva, Switzer-land, in June as part of theAustralian delegate to theUnited Nations High Com-missioner for Refugees con-sultations in June.

“In our country, all thetime we feared for our lives,”he said.

“Whereas coming to Aus-

tralia, I have that oppor-tunity to go to school anduniversity.”

Now 21, in his third yearstudying accounting andworking full time, Mr Haz-ara is part of the Doxa cadet-ship program, whichsupports young people fromchallenging life circum-stances in their transitionfrom school to university.

He said he was proud torepresent Australia.

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This Anzac Day we’re running early train and tram services and free RSL shuttle buses to the Shrine from the following suburban locations:> Chadstone via Ashburton & Camberwell > Croydon via Ringwood East > Dandenong via Noble Park, Springvale, Clayton & Oakleigh> Doncaster via Balwyn North, Kew & Victoria Park (Jock McHale Stadium) > Essendon Football Ground (Windy Hill) > Greensborough via Watsonia > Mitcham via Blackburn, Box Hill & Balwyn > Mordialloc via Mentone & Sandringham > Templestowe via West Heidelberg

> Thomastown via Reservoir & Coburg > Wantirna via Scoresby, Glen Waverley & Mt Waverley > Williamstown via Yarraville.The buses will arrive at the Shrine by 5.40am and depart the Shrine at 7.30am, 7.45am and 8am. Bookings are essential and close at 4pm on Friday 22 April 2016. Visit ptv.vic.gov.au/anzac2016 or call 1800 800 007 to secure your seat on the shuttle bus and check for early train and tram times.

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