Annabel Crabb Instagram – Congratulations to one of the most extraordinary humans I know, Rosanna Barbero from @addiroad who has just been announced as winner of @multiculturalnsw’s 2024 Human Rights Medal. I first met her during Covid lockdowns, when @addiroad became – for some overlooked communities, whether they be migrant or refugee families, sex workers, marooned students – a life-saving point of contact making sure they got food parcels. I saw her organise laptops for kids trying to do remote-learning from crowded apartments. I saw her bend over backwards to get food out into remote communities where no-one else was going. Have never once heard her say “that’s too hard”, or “I can’t help”. I’ve seen her stay up all night to help get a squad of young girls out of Kabul when the Taliban rode in. And when they arrived, she mothered those young women and anchored them in a warm community of love and support. I’m so grateful that my kids have got to watch and learn from her. And be inspired by her truly radical, brilliant dress sense haha. Most of all, I love the way she never makes anyone feel as though they’re a charity case. It’s never “Oh you poor bugger, I’m so sorry for you, here’s some food.” It’s always “Oh, you’re HERE!! We’ve been WAITING for you! Come in!” And that is a powerful, powerful thing. No wonder people blossom around her like flowers. ❤️