Education
Refugees often work several jobs to stay afloat, support their families and continue their education.
We provide bursaries to people from asylum-seeker and refugee backgrounds, helping minimise the financial burden of completing their university studies.
Since 2016, we have partnered with a number of leading universities to provide more than 80 years’ of scholarships.
Empowerment
Together with Deakin University’s Centre for Refugee Employment, Advocacy, Training and Education we founded the Salaam Champions Club – a mentorship program for recent and soon-to-be university graduates.
Our participants are paired with mentors who are leaders in their field and given structured guidance on career progression and life choices as well as access to valuable networks and connections.
Since 2020 we have facilitated over 60 mentorships, with more than two-thirds of our participants going on to secure paid employment.
Employment
Through our relationships with the University of Sydney and Community Corporate, we have partnered with more than 40 companies, including IKEA, BGIS and Woolworths, to provide employment and skills training to refugees.
Our donations are further matched by companies committed to hire and up-skill refugees.
Dreams, flexibility and Australia’s complex cultural identity
What stands out about Former Refugee Kane Alkoraghooli's story is the sheer volume and diversity of experiences he's been through.
Sumaya Housaini overcomes stereotypes to achieve success
We discuss her more difficult experiences, like the discrimination she had to contend with as an Afghan refugee growing up in Sydney.
The Two of Us: Malaika & Ali
This is a story of Malaika Namdas a medical professional currently based in the United States and Ali Abid a hospital pharmacist who arrived in Australia as a 16-year-old refugee.