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Rotary Club of Albury Foundation keeps refugees informed during these challenging times

18/06/2020
THE ROTARY CLUB of ALBURY FOUNDATION has generously offered a grant of $6,000 to MVSRG to fund a series of educational forums and associated videos in Swahili with English subtitles. These will be posted on YouTube so that attendees can revise what

Giving Tuesday call for funds for computers

During Covid19 restrictions our volunteers are unable to provide face-to-face support for recently arrived refugees settling in Albury Wodonga. What we are able to do is to accept donated bikes and donated computers. During these times of social isolation,

Play of Life practitioners arriving in Albury/Wodonga soon to continue their support new settlers.

7 March 2020
Melanie Raimundo will be visiting Albury/Wodonga with her colleague and Play of Life trainer Stephanie to reconnect with students of the Play of Life. This will be a time to check-in with how the students have gone with practicing thePlay of Life techniques,

Rotary supports Play of Life self help counselling program

PLAY OF LIFE-- a very generous grant from Rotary Club of Albury Foundation, enabled the training of several members of refugee background in the program "Relationship Mentoring for New Settlers”. The Play of Life is a practical tool for determining

AGM 2019

9 th March 2019
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at the St David's church hall at 6:30pm on 13th March 2019. Dr Andrea Osterwalder (East-wood) will be our guest speaker relating some of her experience of 10 years of working in Africa. Visitors are welcome.

Refugee Alternatives Conference - Self Representation

13 April 2018
Self-representation Apajok BiarBorn in a refugee camp, Apajok arrived in Australia from Kenya with her family as a curious 2-year-old. At 23 she has just completed a Bachelor of Social Work at Western Sydney University and volunteers at her local community

Refugee Alternatives Conference - Refugee Women in Australia

13 April 2018
A Continuum of Experience: Refugee Women in Australia. This session was moderated by Mariam Issar, herself an inspiring speaker. https://refugeealternatives.org.au/mariam-issa/ She introduced three young women with refugee backgrounds who spoke of the

Refugee Alternatives Conference

13 April 2018
Report by Helen Putland If we felt lucky to have been chosen to attend this conference before the event, we felt privileged afterwards. While the program was demanding, it was, in many instances, delivered by people with rich lived experience of the

Sisters experience Wodonga Christmas lights during first Australian Christmas

22 December 2017
Janet Howie from the Border Mail newspaper writes on 22 December 2017; Uncertain at first, but growing in confidence and delight, the two girls played with bubble snow, danced along with Santa and gladly accepted candy canes. For Angel, 10, and Naomi,

The refugee with a secret rock star past

3 January 2018
Luke WAters, SBS Reporter met with Faida Kashindi in 2017 and published the following article and video on 3 January 2018. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-refugee-with-a-secret-rock-star-past Below is an except from Luke Water's article on www.sbs.com.au;

Swimming Lessons for 20 refugees funding by Rotary Foundation of Albury

17 September 2017
Twenty newly-arrived Border residents are learning the basics of swimming thanks to a partnership between the Murray Valley Refugee Sanctuary Group and the Rotary Club of Albury. Below is an article written by journalist Emma Ebsary and published in

Talented refugees give back to our community

15th October 2017
Our community has been strengthened and enriched by our talented new arrivals. Singing songs about things that matter at the Murray Valley Sanctuary Refugee Group's annual Open Garden fundraiser. SBS journalist Luke Waters visited Wodonga in November

Wodonga VCAL students support refugees

8 November 2017
New settlers to Albury Wodonga receive so much support from their new community who welcome them. Wodonga Senior Secondardy College students restored bicycles and sold them at local markets as part of their VCAL program. The funds raised were kindly

Wodonga TAFE Student Award

17 November 2017
At the annual celebrations of Wodonga TAFE on 17 November 2017, Christian Bashimbe won a TAFE Student Award. Our sponsored refugee families make the most of every opportunity. On Tuesday November 17, with a crowd of over 150 people, including Minister