After 14 years of being apart, Gasore, a Congolese man, has finally been reunited with his family who have been stuck in Kibuye Kiziba Refugee Camp in Rwanda. The family, including his wife, sons, daughter and granddaughter, arrived in Coffs Harbour on March 30th. During their time apart, Gasore has suffered greatly, worrying about the well-being of his family in the … Read More
Burmese Brothers reunited
Reng and his brother Ting, originally from Chin State, Burma, have been apart for many years. Both were part of the LND party in Burma and persecuted for it. Ting escaped to India, where he stayed for 10 years. Reng remained in Burma where he was forced to do unpaid hard labour by the Burmese military against his will, without … Read More
Fictional horror stories to help victims living real-life horror stories
We would like to thank Steve Dillon and all contributors to The Refugee Collection fundraiser. Steven generously offered to fundraise for Sanctuary and have so far they have raised a fantastic amount of $1,065 through online sales and $250 from an auction. This money will go towards providing an interest-free airfare loan to assist a Syrian refugee family to be … Read More
Rwandan Refugee Testimonial
To: Sanctuary Australia Foundation We fondly remember all the great support Sanctuary has given me and my family. Without your humanitarian assistance we wouldn’t be here. Each year on February 23rd, we remember and celebrate our move from South Africa and our landing on the safe land of Australia. It was a great miracle for us to be able to get … Read More
Beats Benefit fundraiser
Beats Benefit held a fundraiser for Sanctuary’s work with refugees on Friday the 16th of Oct. Their Facebook page can be found here: Beats Benefit Facebook Page The benefit held at the Sub Club, Flinders Crt., Melbourne CBD and started at 10pm and ended at 4.30am and raised $1040! All the proceeds from this event will go towards assisting our work with refugees. Thanks to … Read More
Raising Boys Fundraiser
An evening for parents with Steve Biddulph (Sanctuary’s Patron) TUESDAY 9 JUNE 2015 Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to be with the author of Raising Girls and Raising Boys. This special evening covers: • The three stages of boyhood • Keeping the special qualities of boys • The importance of dads – testosterone • Why boys love rough and tumble … Read More
David Helfgott Concert April 12, 2015 – Sold out!
David Helfgott will be performing Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt and Chopin at the Helfgott’s private home near Bellingen with guest Violinist Kate Thomson. The details of the concert are as follows: Date: Sunday April 12, 2015 Time: 2.30pm to 4.30pm Price: $65 per ticket Wine and nibbles will be served afterwards. Money raised will be used to directly support Sanctuary’s work … Read More
A request for help for a family in Syria (now safe in Australia thanks to Sanctuary)
My family have no food and no money to buy food even if they want, they have no home, no work to go to and my sister has no school. My mother has been hurt when a bomb has gone off close to them, so too has my brother. My father was shot last week for trying to defend the … Read More
Syrian refugee family safe at last!
We haven’t issued a Supporter Bulletin for a few months now. Much of our time and attention has been focused on the welfare of refugees, sponsorship and providing support, and alas, reporting back to you, our supporters, had to take a back seat. The Syrian family (photo above) whom we provided an interest-free airfare loan for has arrived safely in … Read More
Welcome to Etulo and family!
We were very saddened to hear of the death of Lebinge, a refugee Mother, last October in Kakuma Camp, just as her family’s visa for Australia was finally about to be approved….Her story was excruciating – She had suffered violence too awful to describe, and her courage and determination in the face of such difficulty was incredible. Her dream was to … Read More