A Thousand Voices, A Thousand Acts, A Thousand Splendid Suns Event Canberra.
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Canberra hosted an event inspired by “A Thousand Splendid Sons” the novel by Afghan-American... Read More
Women and girls in Afghanistan
by Kathie Herbert Chair of Blue Mountains Support Group Since the fall of Kabul in 2021, women and girls in Afghanistan have... Read More
Action against Afghanistan over violations of human rights of women and girls | Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
This has come about because of the advocacy that the RAR Afghan Women and Girls Group are doing and the letter BMRSG... Read More
Ruby Hammond Memorial Scholarship Recipient, Tibetan refugee student, Tenzin Zomkyi
Ruby Hammond, was creative and academic, and had begun studying a Health Sciences degree. She cared deeply about social justice and volunteered... Read More
Aida’s Poem
by Prue Kozlovski Sometime ago, as a BMRSG volunteer, I was asked by a caseworker to support a young teenager, as the... Read More
Media Release RAR Conference 2022
MEDIA RELEASE Saturday, 17 September 2022 Rural Australians for Refugees says end offshore detention, offer more Afghan refugees visas. “Australia’s inhumane treatment... Read More
Become a volunteer, mentor in schools
by Caroline Moses After retiring from my position as a High School Science teacher, I was keen to become involved in a... Read More
An Incredibly Tough Family – BMRSG Helps
This is an amazingly tough family!
We first met them in 2013. They are still in the High Court appeal process so receive no Centrelink payments or Medicare.
When we first met. Aamaal* was 12 years old and was the person who liaised with us as she had the best English. There is a younger brother Chandra. Neither parent spoke any English.
Changing lives, changing perceptions: Young refugees from the Treehouse Theatre perform for Katoomba High
Refugee students from Miller Technology High in Cabramatta, Sydney, shared their life stories in a Tree of Life performance for Katoomba High School on Wednesday 19 June. The students, from war-torn Iraq and Syria, were part of Parramatta’s Treehouse Theatre that provides a platform for young refugees to act out their stories of plight.
The young refugees, aged between 12 and 17, performed in front of 700 Katoomba High School students and their teachers. None of them had been in Australia longer than 2 years, with one arriving only 8 months ago.
Latha’s Story
Latha and Bobbi arrived in 2013 and since that time they have established their new life by working, education and training and created a vegetable with two small children. This is a story of how one couple has managed to survive and thrive despite the difficulties that Australia places in front of those seeking asylum. Refugees do contribute.