Refugees

Motivated for Change

By Karen Fogarty | Date 27.04.2021

In the end, coming to understand the situation of asylum seekers in Australia is not so much about policies, procedures and…

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Welcoming All

By Karen Fogarty | Date 16.06.2020

Living through a pandemic peels the layers off our social structures exposing both the best and the worst. There is no doubt that we now have a more heightened sense of…

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Empowered to Work Program

By Karen Fogarty | Date 04.07.2016

The House of Welcome aims to nurture hope, advocate for justice and promote self-reliance for people traumatised by persecution and violence, who want to make a new life for themselves and their children. It is here that refugees and people seeking asylum find welcome, shelter, support and the possibility of taking some control over their lives through the Empowered to Work program.

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