Edmund Rice Refugee Service – St Albans/ Sunshine

The Edmund Rice Centre provides Homework Help and tuition, one-to-one in a communal setting. The volunteer tutors are largely senior students from 20 Edmund Rice Schools and other schools across and beyond Melbourne. The Centre is open to all Refugees and recently arrived youth, regardless of background, race or creed. It is inclusive of all peoples.

Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education

Servicing the needs of Refugees and Asylum Seekers

• Providing help and support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
• Fostering and advancing the cause of asylum seekers and refugees
• Promoting and furthering the Congregation in its works on behalf of the needy and the disadvantaged
• Encouraging and supporting the development of direct services to asylum seekers and refugees
• Assisting persons who are experiencing financial disadvantage by reason of their circumstances

Edmund Rice Centre Mirrabooka

This program covers material devised to assist the newly arrived humanitarian entrants to settle more easily into Australian life, and covers such topics as:

• Nutrition - the right foods to eat and drink
• Renting a property
• Using household appliances
• Safety at home and the beach
• Looking after your house and garden
• Hospital,doctors,pharmacy, and medical benefits
• Health and hygiene, etc.