Highly Commended There is a something special about a family portrait. Everyone is brushed and polished for the day. The photographer arrives. Kids squirm. The baby cries. Furniture is rearranged. Tripods unfold. Lights go up. Everyone is marshaled into pose. The occasion is over soon but the results create lifetime memories. Most refugee families cannot afford those special memories. …
CRS was delighted to be able to run the Geoff McPherson Scholarship Program again this year, after Covid caused the program to have to be deferred in 2020. This was the program’s 17th year, and it is an important complement to the broader goal of CRS to support refugees and asylum seekers settle in Canberra. In 2021, the program provided …
“Our relationships with Sameer, Inas and their children have enhanced our lives” In many ways Sameer, his wife Inas and their four children are typical Canberra residents. They’re involved in the community and have a strong network of friends; their children attend local schools and love their soccer, and they are both studying at Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT). Sameer …
Canberra Refugee Support has been included in the Canberra Southern Cross Club Community Rewards Program for 2021-22. If you are a member of the Canberra Southern Cross Club this is a way you can support CRS. The program works by linking your Southern Cross membership to CRS as a participant in the Community Rewards Program. Under the Program, the Club …
On Saturday Breakfast with Adrienne Francis Tamil refugee Selvakumar Perumal runs a popular South Indian food truck in Canberra’s north. It is called Selvam’s Dosa’s and it operates from a Gungahlin car park. But Mr Perumal also once worked as a video journalist in his homeland of Sri Lanka. ABC Canberra’s Adrienne Francis visited the food truck to speak to …
Canberra community members from refugee backgrounds speak about their experiences as essential workers during the lockdown and the public health emergency. https://youtu.be/siLeIrRXuYk
Tenzin Khenrab is one of 49 refugees and asylum-seekers in the Canberra region to receive a 2021 scholarship from Canberra Refugee Support (CRS.) CRS provides the scholarships to help refugees and asylum-seekers meet tuition fees or buy computers, books, or other equipment for their studies. Tenzin was born in India after his family fled from Tibet. He worked as a …
Following the postponement of the 2020 Geoff McPherson Scholarship Program due to COVID, CRS is again running the Scholarship Program in 2021, but with some changes. CRS will be awarding 49 scholarships in 2021 to a total value of $38,500. As in previous years, the awardees are nominated by our partners, the ACT Education Directorate, CIT, Companion House, Australian Red …
In 2019 thanks to the love and generosity of the Australian community a significant sum of money was raised to pay for visa applications for the family of Iyad, a Syrian refugee in Canberra, to join him in Australia (you can read the whole story below). After a long and torturous wait the family has finally received the news that …
Kuir, Jok and David enjoying soccer through the generosity of the Variety Every Chance to Play grant and Tuggeranong United Football Club. The Variety Every Chance to Play grant pays junior sport registration costs for ACT kids from low-income families. The Grant helps kids enjoy the positive outcomes of sport including the development of teamwork and resilience, improved mental and …
