Solidarity & Compassion

The VDSA Lunch Project for the ASC has been in place since 2012. Our group consists of a flexible number of people, working in teams of three each. They prepare a monthly hot and tasty lunch for the clients of the ASC. Our meals are cooked according to hygiene and cultural requirements. Lunch is served…

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In 2015 members of The Valerio Daniel De Simoni Association continued to  provide monthly lunches to asylum seekers who are clients of the Asylum Seekers’ Resource Centre in Newtown.  This project has been running since 2012.  Approximately twenty people working in teams of three cook, prepare and serve hot and tasty lunches for the clients…

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Our visits to the Villawood Immigration Detention Facility (as it is now called) continue as in past years. There have been disconcerting moments when some of those we visited were moved overnight to other parts of the country (such as Yongah Hill, Perth, from Blaxland to Christmas Island and from Blaxland, to a correctional centre…

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Nicoletta Zanardi, head of the Villawood Volunteer Program, reflects on the program’s activities in 2013 and their impact in supporting and asylum seekers.

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“During 2013 our Valerio Daniel De Simoni Association group of volunteers (in alphabetical order: Dina, Elio, Genevieve, Giulia, Helen, Jacquie, John, Karen, Kathryn, Kerry, Louise, Mariella, Michelle, Nicoletta, Paola, Rioko, Silvia, Vittoria) has regularly provided once a month the promised lunches for the clients of the ASC to help relieve their distress and misfortune. Instructions…

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Vittoria and Rosie took 1st lunch for 20 people to the Centre. The employees were very welcoming and helpful and one, Victoria, had lived in Italy for few years, so was very happy to practice her Italian with us! Food included organic pasta with tomato sauce offered by Pasta Emilia, bread offered by Iggys, plus…

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VDSA members present their updates for the Villawood Volunteer Program

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