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Eunhee, a participant in Jesuit Social Services Just Voices speakers program. Eunhee is a participant in our Just Voices speakers program. Here she reflects on her former life in North Korea and how things have changed for her since becoming a refugee in 2012. Freedom is a common word that is often used in our…
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Murray to Moyne training with Phil Andersen
The Jesuit Social Services Murray to Moyne Support After Suicide Team 1491 recently were fortunate to have a training session with Australian cycling legend Phil Andersen. We were very appreciative of Phil’s tips for riding into the wind. Cycling fans out there will know that Phil was the first non-European and the first Australian to…
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Serious Fun celebrates a decade of support
Staff, volunteers and current and former participants of Serious Fun with CEO Julie Edwards at the program’s 10th birthday celebration Ten years ago, Jesuit Social Services’ Support After Suicide program established Serious Fun to support children impacted by the suicide of a loved one. “Serious Fun allows children to meet and be with other children…
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Generosity helps Western Sydney work grow
Dave Hammond (centre) and staff from the Jesuit Social Services Ignite Food Store in Mount Druitt This year, we celebrate our 10th anniversary of working in New South Wales. Over the past decade, we have delivered a range of initiatives to communities in Mt Druitt and Emerton including the Ignite Food Store and Op Shop,…
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‘When I have no one at home to help me, I can come here’
Rachel, left, with students from the Homework Club. Each week, around 40 primary and secondary school students gather in Flemington. Some sit around computers to complete class work, and others work one-on-one with volunteer mentors to explore textbooks, assignments and essays. For more than 10 years, Jesuit Social Services’ Homework Club has provided support to…
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AAIP participant Rosi and her People Leader at NAB, Matt Rosi Matlhabaphiri-Quaremba’s resume featured a remarkable breadth of experience, including roles with the United Nations Population Fund and as a lecturer in communications. But after settling in Australia from her native Botswana, Rosi encountered significant and “emotionally taxing” challenges to securing corporate employment, applying unsuccessfully…
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Relationship is key to supporting new arrivals
Staff and participants at one of Jesuit Social Services’ Settlement programs. Relationship has been central to Jesuit Social Services’ work over our more than 40 years. Building trust and understanding is at the heart of our settlement work, which supports newly arrived people and families to make connections, links them in with services and programs,…
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Jesuit Social Services riding the Murray to Moyne
On April 7 and 8 2018, staff and friends of Jesuit Social Services will take part in the Murray to Moyne, a cycling fundraising event for experienced cyclists that has been running for over 30 years. The ride will raise funds for our Support After Suicide program, which provides services for children, young people and…
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Activities at the Artful Dodgers Studios in Collingwood have kicked off with a bang this year. Students at the beat making workshop held at Artful Dodgers Studios During the school holidays, a keen group of Xavier students attended a beat making workshop at the studio held by resident producer and musician Jesse Sullivan. An accomplished…
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Airbiz gives The Bush Hut a new look
Aviation consultancy firm Airbiz gave Jesuit Social Services’ Bush Hut an early Christmas present last month, with 35 staff members volunteering their time to clean, repair, design and construct new facilities for the site. AirBiz staff working at The Bush Hut. The Bush Hut, located in Kew, is a heritage-listed house surrounded by native bushland. It…