2005 General Projects
School Assistance for Refugee Children
“Love Your Neighbour as Yourself” is the aptly-named project conducted by St Peter Chanel School in Deer Park, Melbourne, Victoria. It provided for the needs of recently arrived refugee children and for students living in emergency accommodation. The children were aged from 5 to 12. The grant provided them with school uniforms and shoes and access to school programs such as excursions, camps and swimming activities.
The Mary MacKillop Foundation grant allowed families to accept help from the school in a very gracious and dignified way. It also empowered the parents by knowing that the school was being supported. The delight in the children’s faces as each new event unfolded, as each item of clothing became their own, revealed the hope they had in a new future.
“Love Your Neighbour as Yourself” has enabled the parents of refugee children to concentrate on setting up a home and meeting the daily needs of their families. The funding has taken a burden off our resources.
Thank you on behalf of St Peter Chanel School Community
Anne Garvey, Principal
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