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Like many new arrivals, Akee faced considerable challenges when she arrived in Australia. Originally from Tibet, she came to Australia to join her husband after living in exile in India for seven years. “I came here on the partner visa, so I was not eligible to receive services that other people get. Through the help…
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New program will increase police diversity
Three days a week, Wol Majok goes to his job at a supermarket, completes his shift and then goes straight to class to support his dream of becoming a police officer. “The days are very long and it is very tiring but it shows how committed I am to hopefully becoming a police officer and…
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Award-winning Homework Club seeks funding
In 2004, Jesuit Social Services began providing an after-school Homework Club to students in the Flemington region of inner-city Melbourne. We recognised that many students in this area come from newly-arrived migrant backgrounds particularly the Horn of Africa, and some were struggling at school. Fifteen years later, the award-winning program is still going strong. The…
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Prior to emigrating to Australia in 2015, Tadros Hanna was a successful architect and interior designer in Egypt. However, despite his skills and experience, he found it difficult to gain employment in his chosen field, a common theme for many newly arrived Australians. “People who are born here can find it a challenge to find…
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CAPSA continues to influence hearts and minds
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) continues to actively advocate and support the Catholic schools, organisations, individuals and parishes working to make a difference in the lives of people seeking asylum. In February CAPSA members and supporters successfully contributed to the broader campaign to see legislation that would ensure individuals in offshore detention…
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Advocacy continues for people seeking asylum
The Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA) continues to advocate for policy changes to better uphold the dignity and rights of each person seeking asylum by building on the groundswell of support from Australian Catholics; linking people together, and creating a collective Catholic voice for change. In late August, CAPSA held the 2018 National…
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Flemington Homework Club wins at Centre for Multicultural Youth MY Education Awards
Our Flemington Homework Club has been awarded Most Outstanding Community Run Out of School Hours Learning Support Program at the Centre for Multicultural Youth MY Education awards on Tuesday 16 October. Flemington Homework Club student Ominia Gumma was runner up in the Most Outstanding Primary School Student category. The MY Education Awards “showcase excellence in…
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Partnership delivers results… and groceries
Jesuit Social Services’ partnership with the parish of Our Lady of the Way in North Sydney continues to grow as parishioners respond to our appeal for support in Mount Druitt, Western Sydney. Since 2015, the parish has conducted two appeals per year seeking money, volunteers and groceries to fill the shelves of the Food Store…
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John Holland Pathway Program participants share their stories
Participants of the John Holland Pathway Program, run by Jesuit Social Services and engineering, contracting and service provider John Holland, have shared their stories with ABC. The program, based on the successful African Australian Inclusion Program which Jesuit Social Services has operated with NAB since 2009, has provided 23 participants with paid and supported roles…
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Before emigrating to Australia from Egypt in 2015, Tadros Hanna worked as an architect and interior designer. When he found himself unable to practice his profession in his new country, he turned to visual art as way of making meaning and connection with his new community. Tadros received support from Jesuit Social Services Settlement Program,…









