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Your September Peace Mail from Zimbabwe

14 September, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your support enables people being displaced in Zimbabwe by climate change-induced disasters to receive protection training for their community.

Policy paves way for hope

4 September, 2023

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News and Updates

Last month, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Penny Wong, released the government’s new International Development Policy, outlining its priorities for Australia’s international development program. What does this new Policy mean for refugees and people affected by displacement?

Your August Peace Mail from Afghanistan and Pakistan

15 August, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your partnership is working to improve the quality of educational opportunities available for girls in rural areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Fundraising Goals: Meet Gloria

12 July, 2023

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News and Updates

When Gloria signed up for the Act for Peace Trek for Refugees, she was a fundraising beginner. But with some creativity, a lot of ambition, and the backing of her community, she went on to raise almost $10k to help create a world where everyone belongs.

Honouring Refugee Week

19 June, 2023

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News and Updates

Honouring Refugee Week June 18 2023, marks the start of Refugee Week. This year, the theme is Finding Freedom which encourages us to consider ‘what does it mean to be free?’.

Your June Peace Mail from Indonesia

8 June, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your partnership is helping to provide women in Indonesia with the training and skills they need to provide income in the face of climate change and disaster.

Ration Challenge: Meet the Team

23 May, 2023

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News and Updates

Meet the team behind the Ration Challenge. By taking the Ration Challenge, you’ll be raising money to help bring life-changing support to refugees and people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes.

Your May Peace Mail from Zimbabwe

8 May, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your partnership is helping support sustainable approaches to farming in Zimbabwe as well as helping protect some of the most vulnerable in the community; including the elderly and disabled.

Vanuatu cyclones: An update from our local partner 06/04

6 April, 2023

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News and Updates

In the first week of March 2023, a rare double cyclone event occurred in Vanuatu. Here’s how our local partner is responding.

Your April Peace Mail from Jordan

6 April, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your partnership is helping refugees in Jordan to support their families and journey towards self-reliance.

Your March Peace Mail from Ethiopia

3 March, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your partnership is providing some of the most vulnerable refugees in Nairobi, Kenya with food support, through our local partner, RefugePoint.

Standing with Ukrainians through one year of war

24 February, 2023

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News and Updates

One year into the war, we remain committed to helping displacement-affected Ukrainians, through our trusted partner, Hungarian Interchurch Aid.

In an increasingly challenging global world, it’s important we teach young people empathy

17 February, 2023

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News and Updates

Developing empathy will help young people navigate the world with understanding, compassion, and resilience.

Adapting to climate change in Zimbabwe through sustainable livelihoods

3 February, 2023

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News and Updates

As the impacts of climate change threaten Zimbabwe’s people and ecosystems, our local partner is working with communities to help them adapt and cope better with an uncertain future.

Your February Peace Mail from Kenya

3 February, 2023

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Peace Mail

Your partnership is providing some of the most vulnerable refugees in Nairobi, Kenya with food support, through our local partner, RefugePoint.

Back to school: Supporting refugee education in Sri Lanka

19 January, 2023

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News and Updates

As millions of young people across Australia prepare to go back to school this week, it’s important to remind ourselves that quality education still isn’t a right that everyone can access.

Progress we’ve made together for displaced people in 2022

23 December, 2022

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News and Updates

Our CEO, Janet Cousens, shares some highlights from our work together in 2022 to support families displaced by conflict and disaster.

She leads from within: Promoting refugee leadership on the Thai-Burma border

20 December, 2022

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Stories

On the border of Thailand and Myanmar, our local partner is supporting refugee-led camp committees, to enable the community to decide their own affairs and determine how best to respond to their own needs.

The power of lived experience: Refugees supporting refugees in Ethiopia

20 December, 2022

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Stories

If you’ve ever faced an overwhelming challenge, you’ll know how helpful it can be to talk to someone who has lived through what you’re going through.

Your December Peace Mail from Ethiopia

16 December, 2022

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Peace Mail

Your ongoing partnership is helping to support some of the more vulnerable refugees living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Your November Peace Mail from Jordan

29 November, 2022

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Peace Mail

Your ongoing partnership is supporting women refugees in Jordan to find safety in exile.

Staff on the climate crisis frontline: Meet Indar

17 November, 2022

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Stories

This week, as climate negotiations take place at COP27, we chat with Indar from our local partner in Indonesia, CWS, to learn how climate change is already impacting communities there, and what they’re doing to adapt.

Report from Jordan: How Ration Challenge funds are helping refugees

17 November, 2022

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News and Updates

In October, the Act for Peace team travelled to Jordan to meet with our partner and see how funds provided by the Ration Challenge are making a difference to the lives of refugees living there.

What the budget means for displacement-affected communities: 5 takeaways

27 October, 2022

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Opinion and Analysis

The Government has just announced its budget, but what does it mean for displacement-affected communities? Here are our 5 key takeaways.

Your October Peace Mail from Sri Lanka

24 October, 2022

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Peace Mail

Your ongoing partnership is supporting returned refugees in Sri Lanka to find a safe place to belong.

Helping youths access job opportunities in Gaza

21 October, 2022

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Stories

Amal and Siham are learning important skills and knowledge in refrigeration and air-conditioning, with the goal of one day finding employment in the Gaza Strip.

Driving greater diversity, equity and inclusion for refugees on the Thai-Burma border

6 October, 2022

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Stories

Our local partner, The Border Consortium, is committed to ensuring that every refugee living in camps on the Thai-Burma border has a say over their future, wherever possible.

Q&A: Dr Tristan Harley on meaningful refugee participation (and why it’s so important)

3 October, 2022

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Opinion and Analysis

Dr Harley is a teaching fellow at the UNSW and a consultant with Act for Peace, working with our team to help us better understand and amplify the leadership of refugees in responses to forced displacement.

International Day of Peace 2022: Peace isn’t just about a ceasefire

21 September, 2022

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Stories

More than encouraging an end to violence, the UN’s theme this year represents an ideal that is close to our hearts at Act for Peace: caring for one another as we would care for ourselves.

Providing life-saving healthcare for Sri Lankan refugees in India: A story of two sisters

8 September, 2022

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Stories

Our local partner in India is giving Sri Lankan refugees access to life-saving healthcare support.

Your September Peace Mail from Gaza

1 September, 2022

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Peace Mail

Your ongoing partnership is helping to provide health and psychosocial services for people in Gaza..

Six months since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war: An update from our partner

26 August, 2022

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News and Updates

We mustn’t forget the human cost of this ongoing conflict, but we’d also like to take a moment to recognise the extraordinary work of our ACT Alliance partner, Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA).

“It could be any one of us”: What motivates our staff and supporters to keep going

11 August, 2022

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Stories

Days before heading off on the Act for Peace Trek for Refugees, someone on our team reminds us of why we do this work.

“I want to thank Australia for their support during the eruption and tsunami”: A message from our local partner in Tonga

28 July, 2022

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Stories

What it really meant for Tongans to receive support from Australia after the volcano eruption earlier this year.

Your August Peace Mail from Ethiopia

26 July, 2022

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Peace Mail

Your ongoing partnership is helping to provide counselling support for refugees in Ethiopia.

It doesn’t have to be this way: Tackling climate-driven displacement

26 July, 2022

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News and Updates

As climate change worsens, we’re working to understand what drives displacement and backing communities on the frontline of this crisis.

Supporting Afghans uprooted from their homes

26 July, 2022

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News and Updates

Since August last year, we’ve raised $436,000 to help our local partner provide emergency aid to the most crisis-affected Afghans.

Ukraine emergency: Helping the innocent families uprooted by this crisis

26 July, 2022

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News and Updates

On the 24th February, Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Together, we’ve made supporting the families uprooted by this crisis a priority ever since.

Life in the Gaza strip: Helping children recover after the May 2021 bombings

14 July, 2022

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Stories

With emergency funds raised by Act for Peace, our partner in Gaza is helping children, mothers and adolescents to recover from the trauma.

Women refugees in Ethiopia are healing through counselling support

30 June, 2022

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Stories

How far does $5 really go? Our local partner helping women refugees in Ethiopia reminds us of the value of the small things.

Honouring World Refugee Day & Refugee Week 2022

20 June, 2022

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News and Updates

Change can start in the way we behave towards one another. To honour these important moments, we’re calling for a kindness reset.

UNHCR agrees to change problematic language around refugees

17 June, 2022

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News and Updates

In a huge win for Act for Peace’s joint advocacy efforts, the UNHCR High Commissioner has agreed to cease using the problematic term ‘persons of concern’ when referring to refugees, stateless persons and other people impacted by displacement.

Your June Peace Mail from Zimbabwe

30 May, 2022

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Peace Mail

Your ongoing support is helping farmers like Martha in Zimbabwe grow enough food for their families.

A historic week for Australia

23 May, 2022

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News and Updates

This week, we have witnessed two key moments in history. Now is the time for Australians to push for action to help address the world’s greatest challenges.

One mum from the Northern Territory doing her part to create a better world

6 May, 2022

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Stories

This August, Tara is taking on a brave new challenge: 7 days walking the Larapinta trail on our Trek for Refugees. Here’s why her daughter is her biggest motivation.

Your May Peace Mail from Jordan

29 April, 2022

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Peace Mail

My name is Ashia. I live in Jordan with my family, but we are orginally from Syria. We had to flee our home there because war was all around us.

An Easter Message from our CEO, Janet Cousens

14 April, 2022

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Opinion and Analysis

As Easter approaches, I’d like to share some words on how, together, we can rest in God and hope for peace as we face the challenges that lie ahead.

Remembering Syrian refugees as the Ration Challenge 2022 kicks off

7 April, 2022

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This week marks the launch of Ration Challenge 2022, and we’re remembering the millions of Syrian refugees like Ashia.

Budget 2022: Temporary handouts won’t solve the mounting global refugee crisis, we need long-term solutions

1 April, 2022

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Opinion and Analysis

In a climate where escalating conflict and natural disasters are weighing heavily in people’s minds, it’s hard to see how a Budget full of short-term measures meets the Government’s long-term responsibilities to help tackle the escalating displacement crisis.

Your April Peace Mail from Indonesia

24 March, 2022

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Peace Mail

Harun has worked with Church World Service in Indonesia for over 10 years. Harun is now seeing the positive impact of diversifying incomes as those in Sulawesi adapt to the challenging effects of climate change.

More than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees have fled the country. Here’s how our partner is helping.

7 March, 2022

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News and Updates

As we enter the 11th day of the Ukraine crisis, our ACT Alliance partners are working around the clock to prepare and send truckloads of relief to support families forced to flee.

Your March Peace Mail from Ethiopia

4 March, 2022

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Peace Mail

Jasmine has lived as a refugee in Ethiopia, making opportunities for work challenging. Now with the support of EOC-DICAC, Jasmine can participate in vocational training and learn new skills.

Turning COP26 goals into action for displaced people

16 February, 2022

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News and Updates

With the outcomes of COP26 fresh in our minds, we shine a spotlight on proactive change already taking place in communities like Bulubete Village in Central Sulawesi.

Gaza Update: Helping the children of Gaza heal after the May 2021 bombings

16 February, 2022

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News and Updates

Your support last year has been crucial to getting kids in Gaza impacted by he May 2021 bombings the mental health support they need to heal.

Emergency Update: Helping Afghans find safe refuge

16 February, 2022

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News and Updates

Afghanistan is in the grip of a chronic humanitarian crisis, caused by prolonged, violent conflict and exacerbated by poverty, drought and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Helping reduce climate-driven displacement in Zimbabwe through beekeeping projects

10 February, 2022

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Stories

In a small village in Zimbabwe, our local partner is innovating to help communities combat climate-driven displacement.

Your February Peace Mail from Pakistan

2 February, 2022

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Peace Mail

My name is Safi. I am originally from Afghanistan, but I migrated to Pakistan at the start of the 1980s. I have lived in Pakistan for more than 20 years as a refugee.

Latest update: Tonga Emergency

21 January, 2022

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News and Updates

Since our emergency appeal went live on Monday, more pictures and reports have emerged which are beginning to show the extent of damage caused by Saturday’s volcanic eruption in Tonga.

Ivor’s journey across Australia raising money for refugees

17 December, 2021

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Stories

It’s not every day that you meet someone who inspires you as much as Ivor Houston, the 22-year from the Blue Mountains, who decided to walk across Australia to raise money for refugees and asylum seekers.

Your December Peace Mail from Sri Lanka

16 December, 2021

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Peace Mail

My name is Dasini, I own a shop here in Sri Lanka. I live with my husband, two children and my father.

Your November Peace Mail from Gaza

16 November, 2021

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Peace Mail

My name is Sharon, and for the last six years I have worked fro Act for Peace supporting our partner in the Gaza Strip.

A moment of peace: The power of hope

16 November, 2021

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Stories

It shapes our self-narrative, helps us to feel better about the future, and for the communities we work with, it can make a tough situation feel more bearable.

COP 26 wrap up

13 November, 2021

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Opinion and Analysis

As the UN’s COP 26 climate summit ends, we want to share some words from the raw and very personal poem performed by Sudanese-American poet Emtithal Mahmoud at the event in Glasgow.

Your October Peace Mail from Zimbabwe

21 October, 2021

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Peace Mail

My name is Tracey Robinson and I am an International Programs Coordinator at Act for Peace.

A moment of peace: We’re okay, we just need some rice

6 October, 2021

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Stories

Thirty-seven years ago, as conflict escalated in Myanmar, thousands of Karen families started fleeing their homes and crossing the border into Thailand to find safety.

Your September Peace Mail

21 September, 2021

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Peace Mail

My name is Brian Barbour and I’m a Senior Refugee Protection Advisor with Act for Peace.

A decade of sorrow in Syria: Showing refugee families they’re not alone

6 September, 2021

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News and Updates

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Syrian conflict, which has claimed more than half a million lives and forced more than 12 million people from their homes.

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per month can help our local partner in Gaza provide ongoing mental health support for children to help them recover from trauma.

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per month can help cover the costs of identity documents, so our partner in Sri Lanka can support refugee families to travel back to their homeland and find a safe place to belong.

$53

per month can help our local partner in Zimbabwe provide farmers with farmyard animals and specialised training so they can have a regular source of income for their families and stay resilient in the face of ongoing drought.

$60

Help four children suffering from malnutrition and anaemia in Gaza by giving them access to basic medicine.

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Help ensure families in Sri Lanka have clean water to drink; also enabling them to safely water their crops and have food to eat.

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Help provide a farmer’s starter kit for four families in Zimbabwe so they can produce their own food and learn climate change-resilient farming methods.

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per month can help cover the costs of identity documents, so our partner in Sri Lanka can support refugee families to travel back to their homeland and find a safe place to belong.  

per month can help our local partner in Zimbabwe provide farmers with farmyard animals and specialised training so they can have a regular source of income for their families and stay resilient in the face of ongoing drought. 