“The Cambodian orphanage business; a critically flawed and harmful industry”. Put your good intentions to genuine need – support families and help communities instead!
http://www.friends-international.org/blog/index.php/think-support-families-orphanages/
Friends International #ThinkFamilies #DontCreateMoreOrphans #SocialEngineering #CorporateResponsibility Thanks Mark for the lead.
Temporary Protection Visa’s reinstated, families with children released from Australian detention, and many other things. More information here:
Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014
http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/sm/2014/sm219827.htm
Some more positive news which will hopefully have a domino effect, it’ll be interesting to see what overall impact this will have.
Young British Muslims stand up to ISIS in online campaign
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/notinmyname-young-british-muslims-stand-4274392
Good news for support to international communities:
Australia pledges millions in humanitarian aid to Iraq
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sc11571.doc.htm
Australia is “preparing to deploy military forces to support Iraq and would be contributing financially for the needs of women and girls. An additional $5 million had been contributed to humanitarian needs”.
Sounds like a positive step forward. It’d be interesting to see how participants are selected, how funding is allocated, if it’d work in other areas around the country, etc
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-25/providing-homes-to-the-homeless-is-proving/5695784
Good news for those in remote areas who want to sit the citizenship test, you can now do it at local Centrelink or Medicare Service Centre instead of going to a capital city or waiting for a planned visit by immigration staff.
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“Sometimes those who have less give more…”
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=343240352491344
…and for some positive news which doesn’t have much coverage, we’re providing Laos with $55.6 million for investment into education, roads, economy, trade and development
http://aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/eastasia/laos/Pages/home.aspx
and the paraphrased version:
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/australia-helps-schooling-in-laos-myanmar/story-e6frfku9-1226978630656