A Vietnamese Creative Arts Project 

 "Risking All" ia a collection of confrontingly honest stories from people within the Vietnamese Community who have lost families, homes and freedom as a result of problem gambling.

Community Educators - keen to reach out to those at risk - decided to conduct a writing competition on gambling, open to all Vietnamese speaking people.

They were invited to tell their stories about problem gambling and the impact it had has on their lives. 

Details of the writing competition were advertised widely throughout Victoria, reaching a potential audience of over 70,000 Vietnamese people in Victoria.

The competition produced outstanding stories and poems written about the experiences of gambling from across Victoria, one woman wrote from prison.  

 Stories from the Vietnamese Creative Arts Project, have been collected and printed into a booklet, in both Vietnamese and English.

The booklet will be distributed throughout the Vietnamese community to raise awareness of problem gambling and also make people aware of Gambler’s Help Services.

The Community Educators responsible for the project are Long Nguyen & Karen Milgrom from Gambler’s Help Western; Kate Little from Gambler’s Help Northern; and Yath Yoeun who works withGambler’s Help Eastern.

Their next challenge is to turn the stories into a piece of drama/theatre in collaboration with the Vietnamese community.  Stage two of the project is dependent of funding, worker’s capacity, time and commitment.