Category: Circle Initiatives

This is an exciting partnership with Adelaide University in assisting the refugee scholarship holders having difficulties in meeting living expenses once their Centrelink Student Allowances have been cut off. The University group of staff has asked whether COFA can also assist meeting accommodation needs as well. The COFA Committee met last Friday and discussed policy and administration requirements to present …

This year, Adelaide University provided 40 scholarships to Refugees and Disadvantaged People which provided all tuition fees and an annual stipend of $5,000. Once scholarship holders received the stipend, Centrelink ceased payment of Student Allowances. This put them under undue pressure to earn to survive and COFA has been supporting a refugee with his living expenses. COFA alerted the University …

 If you know of any refugee students who could be helped with tutoring in their studies, do contact COFA by phone  (0407 532 116) or email and register for this assistance. All the teaching students are undertaking studies in a major field, whether, Science, Maths, Arts, Music, or Physical Education, etc so they can be matched with the requirements of …