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Artists and Winemakers enable Fake Art Auction
Well folks the latest date of the ART Auction now is 22nd October 2022. Please keep the evening free to attend the Splitters Creek Community Centre at about 6pm. ************* During 2019 – 2020, local artists donated artworks towards an Auction that
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CSU Grant
CSU has granted us $1,000 as part of their Community-University Partnerships (CUP) grant scheme. MVSRG & our settlers are very grateful for the interest and encouragement that Charles Sturt University has shown in awarding us this CUP grant. The funds
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Safe Driving In Australia
10 August 2021The ROTARY CLUB OF ALBURY FOUNDATION generously granted funds for the production of a series of driver education videos in Swahili and subscripted in English. The support of Rotary has allowed the making several instructional videos entitled "Know
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Goodwill Wines partners with Murray Valley Sanctuary Refugee Group
Want to support us just by drinking wine? Now you can! Buy Goodwill Wine and we'll get 50% of the profits To celebrate our new partnership, they’re offering you FREE SHIPPING! Just enter the code FREESHIPMVSRG at checkout: Born out of the Black
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Swimming lessons save lives
Over the years, members have assisted new arrivals with swimming lessons. Over the years MVSRG have from time to time run swimming programs through funding from various sources including NSW Sport & Recreation and Rotary Foundation of Albury. These have
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Annual Report for 2020
Welcome to the sixteenth Annual Report for Murray Valley Sanctuary Refugee Group Incorporated. The new decade brought with it many challenges, from bushfires to Covid19 restrictions and six months of border closures impacting on newly arrived settlers
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Thank you to our founding members
… from little things, big things grow Sr Bernice Keane recently retired after 16 years as an active member of MVSRG. Sr Keane has contributed in many ways behind the scenes and her support has been much appreciated. We are grateful for the ongoing
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Bikes to get to work, school, sport and play
Donated bikes, helmets, bike locks and repair kits are provided to new arrivals to enable them to be more mobile and participate in study, work and socialising. Thank you to the Bike Committee for delivering bike lessons and bike repair workshops during
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ATEL vehicle keeping people safe on the road
MVSRG is grateful for the generous donation of a dual control car from ATEL Employment Services in 2019. MVSRG was assisted 72 learner drivers to undertake 287 driving lessons over the past two years, thanks to financial support from the Department of
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Safe Driving In Australia
Saturday 6th MarchDRIVING SAFELY IN A NEW COUNTRY For some years Sanctuary has been providing driving lessons for many new arrivals. These have generally been enthusiastically received such that some 72 learner drivers undertook 287 driving lessons, thanks to financial
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Fueled up to support more new settlers
Monday 7th March 2021Fueled up to get more new settlers involved in their new community A really big thank you to Volunteering Victoria and the Department of Social Services for grants that reimburse volunteers for fuel expenses supporting newly arrived families. Our volunteer
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Albury Lions Club Scholarship
Monday 1st February 2021ALBURY LIONS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP LAUNCHED During the past year, 32 refugees benefited from both financial support and mentoring from the Student Support Committee (24 Cultural fund, 3 Tertiary fund and 5 Richardson Education Assistance Program fund) during
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AGM 2021
Our Annual General Meeting will be held at St. David's Church Hall, cnr Wilson and Olive Streets Albury at 6pm on Wednesday 10th March 2021. Come along to extend a great thank you to Sr Bernice Keane, one of our founding members, who is retiring after
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Rotary Club of Albury Foundation keeps refugees informed during these challenging times
18/06/2020THE ROTARY CLUB of ALBURY FOUNDATION has generously offered a grant 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 they learn
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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,
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Play of Life practitioners arriving in Albury/Wodonga soon to continue their support new settlers.
7 March 2020Melanie 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,
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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
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AGM 2019
9 th March 2019Our 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.
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Refugee Alternatives Conference - Self Representation
13 April 2018Self-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
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Refugee Alternatives Conference - Refugee Women in Australia
13 April 2018A 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
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Refugee Alternatives Conference
13 April 2018Report 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
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Sisters experience Wodonga Christmas lights during first Australian Christmas
22 December 2017Janet 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,
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The refugee with a secret rock star past
3 January 2018Luke 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;
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Swimming Lessons for 20 refugees funding by Rotary Foundation of Albury
17 September 2017Twenty 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
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Talented refugees give back to our community