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Asylum seekers & refugees

The Social Outfit: sewing confidence and community

The Social Outfit’s Community Sewing Program for newly arrived refugees and migrants is helping people combat lonelin...

Vina arrives at the House of Welcome

House of Welcome client Vina* tells us about her journey from homelessness to stability and hope, thanks to the Welco...

Suravi finds a place to heal

Asylum seekers, like Suravi, find in Providence House a place of peace and stability – somewhere they can begin to pr...

Sisters’ house welcomes Syrian family seeking asylum

After a treacherous journey, Manar and her family found peace in a home once belonging to the Sisters of Charity of A...

Providence House: a shelter for asylum seekers fleeing domestic violence

Many women and children fleeing situations of domestic and family violence in their home countries have passed throug...

Anita’s story: from asylum seeker to Australia’s number 1 fan

To meet her today you’d never guess Anita feared she’d be killed in her home country, and was forced to flee to Austr...

How Tina and Natalie found stability at Providence House

In 2014 the Foundation invested in the purchase and renovation of a residential building, Providence House, in Sydney...