Anne Rutherford This year, a small group of 4-5 dedicated volunteers, with a little help from our friends, has worked in the veggie garden and delivered organic veggies on a weekly basis to Jarjum College in Redfern. Jarjum is a school for urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who are not participating or coping […]
CONTINUE READINGMariella Totaro-Genevois Our group is now eleven years old. While most of its members have been active since the beginning of our project, not only have other people joined as needed, but somebody new has popped up offering help to the team when required. In other words, the group is healthy and flexible and thriving. […]
CONTINUE READINGCharity Haynes VDSA’s work with refugees continues as usual in 2022-23 despite a reduced number of volunteers due to ill health. Nevertheless, a lot of good work has been done with the following individuals/families: During the year VDSA volunteers organised several successful picnics with refugee families, around Coogee. Kids swam and delicious food was prepared […]
CONTINUE READINGOn Sunday, June 18, VDSA celebrated the grant of a permanent Visa to longstanding client and friend Nathan with a picnic at Bronte Park. Clear skies and bright sunshine made the day even more special.
CONTINUE READINGCentral Sydney High School refugee students were thrilled to be invited to enter a Creative Expression Competition initiated by the Valerio Daniel De Simoni Association. Their President, Vittoria Pasquini attended the school where she met with the school’s Deputy Principal, Kathie Power, Head Teacher Wellbeing, Kylie Stamos and Student Support Officer, Elizabeth Weblin to discuss […]
CONTINUE READINGAfter 10 years of consistently excellent work managing VDSA’s administrative and accounting matters, Robbie Woolf has made the difficult decision to resign. We are immensely grateful for her meticulous and comprehensive help in navigating the association’s journey from beginning to becoming a registered charity and NGO. We are also pleased to welcome Zorana Milosevic as […]
CONTINUE READINGThis year the VDSA Lunch Project Group, nicknamed The Foodies, celebrates its 10th birthday. The team includes approximately twenty people, and while there are members who had to leave because of life circumstances, the core of the group has remained untouched in time. Equally untouched has remained their generosity, enthusiasm, and steady collaboration in providing […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Anne Rutherford 2022 has been a year of change and refocus for the orto team. In the first half of the year we supplied weekly veggies to a new charity, Our Big Kitchen, that provides over 120,000 meals a people in need of food support, including asylum seekers, Indigenous people and the homeless. Over […]
CONTINUE READINGBy Charity Haynes Visiting refugees in their homes has continued in 2021-2022 but we no longer visit the Villawood Detention Centre. Families have been helped in many ways, including rent assistance, paying for doctors bills & electricity accounts. Highlights of visits include delicious lunches, seeing the progress of the children, several starting school for the […]
CONTINUE READINGOn October 16 at the Wanderers Football Park in Sydney a friendly soccer match between newly arrived young Afghani refugees and an Italian Australian soccer team was played.VDSA sponsored the game together with the Massoud Foundation, Amnesty International, Filef, Comites, NSW Government and Grandmothers for Refugees.It is the second match VDSA has sponsored to provide […]
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