Annual Report 2016

Thank you
“ Before I felt very alone,
like no one is here to help.
If you leave your country,
your heart is very small.
You don’t have family,
relatives, no one is here.
When I went to the ASRC
I feel I have family, I have
friends, people who care.
One day when I called I was
very exhausted, I was saying
my family situation is very
bad, I started crying and
Rosa and Amanda said Safir
please don’t cry, it is OK,
they helped me.
If no one will tell you
anything good it is very hard.
The ASRC is my friend, then
I feel not alone in Australia.”
The ASRC only achieves all that it does with the
generosity and commitment of each and every one
of our donors, supporters and partners. To absolutely
everyone who has supported us, we say a heartfelt
thank you. We could not exist without the support
of people like you standing beside us.
Safir is a medical professional in his
home country but was forced to leave
when his life was threatened. He is here
alone and misses terribly his wife and
four children. He is currently trying to
find work in a hospital in his own field.
Safir hopes to find protection here is
Australia, and to have a small house
here with his family. ‘If it came true, that
means that I’d be flying in the air; I’d be
the most lucky person in the world.’
*Alias of the person who
bravely shared their story
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