Circle of Friends is receiving increasing numbers of requests for basic living support for asylum seekers with no access to any form of social security and no employment (or insufficient employment to make ends meet). Circle 121 SOS for Asylum Seekers is now managing these requests and raising the necessary funds to ensure people do not end up homeless and …
Category: Appeals
Funds urgently needed for basic living costs
The Rapid Response Circle (Circle 110) needs your donations today to ensure that we can continue to meet the needs of highly vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees who have little or no access to social security from the Government. All Circles are feeling the impact of Covid restrictions which has both reduced fundraising opportunities and led to increasing calls for …
Supporting Refugee Education for 19 years
The St Ignatius Refugee Education Circle (Circle 106) was established in early 2002 and has operated continuously since then. The members focus on helping refugees and asylum seekers gain educational qualifications to enable them to lead dignified lives and to join the Australian workforce in jobs that allow them to support their families appropriately. This year, we have funded requests …
Rapid Response for Refugees Circle May Appeal
Since January, 30 new referrals for assistance have come to the Rapid Response for Refugees Circle (Circle 110) from AMES Australia, Red Cross, STTARS (Survivors of Torture & Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service), ARA (the Australian Refugee Association), Royal Adelaide Hospital Mental Health Unit, Hutt Street Centre and other Crisis Services supporting refugees and asylum-seekers experiencing homelessness or domestic violence. …
Successful Appeal: Help a widow attend her husband’s funeral
With help from Hazara community members and other Donors, this appeal has been funded. Thank you all who contributed. In 2017 at the age of 43 an Hazara man from Afghanistan, living in rural South Australia, was diagnosed with late stage colorectal cancer which proved unresponsive to treatment. Early in 2018 clinicians were able to stabilise his illness enough for …