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Solidarity & Compassion

Standing with refugees, asylum seekers and Indigenous youth since 2012.

Friendship first. Then the practical things: a hot meal, a lift to an appointment, help with paperwork, a picnic on the beach.

Refugee & asylum-seeker visits

Since 2012 · Villawood, then homes across Sydney

Regular visits, help with cost-of-living and healthcare, and being there on the hard days. Three friends became citizens this year.

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Asylum Seekers Centre lunches

Every Tuesday · Newtown · up to 50 guests

Home-cooked, free and hot, prepared and served by VDSA volunteer teams for 14 years, coordinated by Mariella.

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End-of-year picnic

Every December · Bronte

Members and refugee friends together for one long lunch on the grass. Bring a plate, meet everyone.

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2012the year we started cooking and visiting

50friends fed at a Tuesday lunch

Weeklyveggie deliveries to Jarjum College

100%of donations go to programs

Thank you for being there when no one else was. You were the first Australians who treated me as a friend.

Justin, letter to VDSA

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Every dollar goes to programs. A gift feeds friends at the Tuesday lunch or plants a garden bed.

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Cook a lunch, spend a Saturday in the Bronte garden, or visit a refugee friend.

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Come along

Our end-of-year picnic in Bronte brings members and refugee friends together.

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