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Afghan Settlement Services       

Casework, information sessions, assisting Afghans to participate in local community – through volunteering, membership of clubs and organisations, and employment.  The service employs an Afghan speaking case worker.

For Afghani humanitarian entrants who have been resident in Australia for less than five years.  

Run by Centacare Catholic Family Services (www.centacare.org.au)

In metropolitan Adelaide

Tel: (08) 8210 8200

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Connected Communities Settlement Program – Education workshops

Facilitates community education workshops for new and emerging communities in partnership with relevant service providers on a range of settlement topics

For humanitarian entrants

In Metropolitan Adelaide

Run by Lutheran Community Care (www.lccare.org.au)

Contact: Younus Noori (Afghan Community Liaison Officer)
Email: ynoori@lccsa.org.au;

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Leadership skills support

Provides support and advice to community groups focused on improving their leadership skills

For Middle Eastern community groups representing humanitarian entrants who have been in Australia for less than five years

Run by the Middle Eastern Communities Council of SA

At: 59 King William Street, Adelaide

Tel: (08) 8217 9523 Email: admin@meccsa.com.au

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Lutheran Community Care Services   

Information sessions, Afghan youth group, support for vulnerable women at risk, developing volunteer advocates

For humanitarian entrants who have been resident in Australia for less than five years

Run by Lutheran Community Care SA (www.lccare.org.au)

In metropolitan Adelaide, Murray Bridge and the Riverland

Tel: (08) 8269 9300 (Adelaide) and (08) 8531 3644 (Murray Bridge and Riverland)

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Mentoring - Group Work

For humanitarian entrants of Middle Eastern origin who have been resident in Australia for less than 5 years

Run by the Middle Eastern Communities Council of SA

At: 59 King William Street, Adelaide

Tel: (08) 8217 9523 Email: admin@meccsa.com.au

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Private Rental Assistance Program (PRAP)

Offers Bond & Rent in Advance Assistance via the 16 Housing offices throughout the 9 regions in South Australia.

For migrants who have been in Australia less than 6 weeks and meet a social assessment. For the MECCSA program, refugees must be of Middle Eastern background and have been in Australia from 6 months to 5 years.

Managed by Housing SA, the Frederick Ozanam Housing Association, and the Middle Eastern Communities Council of SA (MECCSA)

Tel:131 299

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Religious Groups

Information about religious groups, including local chapels, temples, mosques, churches, synagogues and centres

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Support and Information

Settlement support and advice

For humanitarian entrants of middle eastern background living in Adelaide, Northern Adelaide and the South East

At: 59 King William Street, Adelaide

Tel: (08) 8217 9523 Email: admin@meccsa.com.au

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