Collaborator Profile | Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project “Helping the Most Vulnerable”
May 17, 2012 in Collaborators
Arts in Action is proud to introduce the Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project as one of 2 guest presenters at The Last Survivor Screening 31st May @ Bella Union. Join Arts in Action in welcoming speaker Sam Charlesworth who will shed light on some of issues facing asylum seekers and what we can do to help. The Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project which began in 1996 is a UnitingCare agency that works with asylum seekers living in the community. Hotham ASP works with asylum seekers who are lawfully awaiting an outcome on their refugee or humanitarian protection claim, but who face homelessness and destitution without community support. Many have suffered physical or emotional trauma, isolation and mental illness. Some have endured periods of detention. Hotham also provides housing and care for unaccompanied young people who arrived by boat and have been released from detention centres into community-based care while awaiting the outcome [...]