In the past 2 years, we have seen an unprecedented number of referrals to our team and growing needs. Many of our referrals have come from families we are already helping telling their friends about us but we are starting to see many referrals coming from settlement caseworkers as they…
After almost 2 years of closed borders, new refugee families are starting to arrive in Sydney. We have been introduced to a number of families who are currently in temporary hotel accommodation but will soon be moving into new homes living in the community. Starting life in a new country…
In the past weeks we have seen a crisis unfolding in Afghanistan.We have become aware of people who have to live under repressive regimes.We have become aware of people who are persecuted – even by their own governments.We have seen the need for people to flee and become forcibly displaced…
Sydney Refugee Team - working together towards a common vision As Sydney Refugee Team join WEC Australia, we feel it is important to renew our Vision and Values to create common vision that our new team owns and agrees with. This gives us clarity in who we are and what…
At an age when most newly-married couples are deciding on the exciting things they’d like to plan for their life together, Nadia* and her husband, Jonas*, were debating the excruciating choice to leave their home country of Iran. At work, Jonas’ superiors had demanded he do a task he knew…
