With all the secrecy surrounding the plight of refugees and asylum seekers detained on Manus Island and Nauru it is difficult to know what is happening. So its great to have a resource like The Safe Harbour InfoBites to refer to. It provides snapshots of information regarding people seeking asylum, refugees and offshore processing of people on Nauru and Manus …
Category: Circle Stories
Launch of Safe Harbour Project
The Safe Harbour Project was launched on Monday 10 December at the Mary McKillop Plaza adjacent St Francis Xavier Cathedral. Coinciding with International Human Rights Day. About 100 members of the public contributed to this first installation, each decorating a boat to symbolise their chosen message. The motif of a boat was chosen as a symbol of despair, hope and …
Circle 1: Sharing what we have
Currently Circle 1 is lending a hand to a family of 7 who fled from the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2010. The father arrived in Australia in 2011 and received a permanent Visa. In the years since he has sponsored his wife (now 70) and each of his children with the last 3 arriving in June 2018. They are living …
2018 AGM Update
Below is an excerpt of the Chairperson’s Report for the 2018 Circle of Friends Australia AGM which illustrates the range of work being done by our circles. This year the committee has been busy following through on many projects started in previous years. Partnership with Adelaide University In 2017 we began working with Adelaide University and Nina from their Education …
New Circles
It is always so pleasing to have applications from new groups wishing to be affiliated with COFA. We have two new Circles: 113 called Suzanne’s Circle, arising from a very generous grant from a Trust 123 called St Chad’s, based at Highgate Anglican Church We also have a group, Fleurieu Refugee Support Group, who are looking at joining as well. …