CRISP group, Northern Rivers for Refugees (NRFR), promotes their fundraising event on the 16th of November, a trivia night in preparation of their sixth sponsorship through the program. Since August 2022, NRFR has resettled five refugee families from Syria and...
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Crosslight article: ‘CRISP Response Changes Lives’
Crosslight writes on CRISP group, Airey’s Inlet Uniting Church, and their experience coming together to support newcomer family Yaritza and her family as they are welcomed to Australia. Read the article here ...
Surf Coast Times: Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees
The Aireys Inlet Rural Australians for Refugees celebrates 10 years of supporting refugees and asylum seekers both independently and through the CRISP program. The article writes on AIRAR's slight...
The Standard: The Saqat family’s new life in Warrnambool
The Standard writes on the Saqat family's "terrifying childhood" growing up in war torn Iraq and their new life in Warrnambool, supported by a group of locals via the CRISP program. Read the...
The Guardian: Community Sponsorship in Regional Australia
CRSA's CEO, Lisa Button, is quoted in The Guardian's article 'Regional Australians have opened their hearts to refugees - we should open pathways to match'. Here they speak on the generosity of...
Save the Children: Goulburn Support for Refugee Family
Save the Children Australia shares Goulburn CRISP group's efforts to provide a soft landing for Mazin's family after two very difficult years in Syria. This post discusses the Goulburn Refugee Week...
About Regional: Goulburn CRISP Community Support
About Regional's John Thistleton writes on the warm welcome a refugee family were met with on their first day in Australia, after two years of hardship and terror living under the Islamic State....
JOY Media and FDPN discuss the CRISP program and support for LGBTIQ Refugees
JOY Media chat with the Forcibly Displaced People Network about the CRISP program, providing an opportunity to support the rights and empowerment of displaced individuals. This podcast episode...
Goulburn Post: Business rolls out welcome mat to new refugees
This article celebrates the Goulburn community's support for the Alkhusi family and their efforts to support and welcome more refugee households with the help of local philanthropist. Read the full...
Salvation Army: New Beginnings for New Australians
Salvos is rolling out it's New Beginnings project, a partnership with the CRISP program that seeks to offer deeper community connections to refugees from their date of arrival in Australia. This...
The North West Star: ‘Australia requires a collective approach to help resettle refugees’
This article writes on the growing need for a collective approach to the global displacement crisis and the complementary pathways in Australia that are working to provide settlement support for...
ANU Article ‘Why resettling refugees should be a community effort’
Associate Professor Sally Baker writes on why resettling refugees should be a community effort and how this benefits Australia, particularly in regional areas. The ANU article touches on several...