The Good News Update

By Trish, Rapid Response for Refugees Circle Supporting women to find employment Together with other Circles, AMES and the Vinnies Welcoming Centre at Kilburn, Rapid Response for Refugees Circle (Circle 110) is proud to have helped two wonderful women on their journey to employment – one with attaining a Care Certificate, the other with restarting her own Business here in …

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 …

Overwhelming support for our work during Covid-19

We have previously posted about the difficulties faced by refugees and asylum seekers through the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then there have been great efforts by Circles to assist the refugee community. A new Circle was set up which distributed food on a weekly basis for up to 60 family units. Another new Circle was established to seek employment for refugees …

Keep families together: Get Up Petition

Circle of Friends Australia has been supporting Mehreen since she was moved to Adelaide from Nauru to give birth to her daughter. The same daughter recently turned 3 years old and has still never met her father outside of the Kilburn detention facility where he is being held.  A recent report from the Human Rights Law Centre titled ‘Together in …

Do you work with refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable migrants who have minimal support options available to them? Baptist Care SA can help. They provide FREE emergency relief assistance to vulnerable South Australians and help meet their most urgent needs through: Food hampers Community Food Hub vouchers PBS prescriptions Bus tickets. Concession card holders including Students, Seniors, new Australians …