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The group was among the winners at the Laois Offaly Garda Youth Awards.
A midlands group is hoping to empower other young people from minority backgrounds.
Dignity Partnership, established by three women from Mountrath, focus on supporting refugees and asylum seekers to improve their lives.
It was one of the winners in the Group category at the Laois Offaly Garda Youth Awards last week.
Co-Founder Hope Masuku explains how the idea for the organisation came about: