The Welcome Group Inc: Supporting refugees & humanising the refugee debate.

The Welcome Group Inc: Supporting refugees & humanising the refugee debate. The Welcome Group is for those who want to extend a welcome to refugees via every day acts and who want to help humanise the refugee debate.

To support refugees and humanise the refugee debate

Mission:
We are a non-political community focused group that aims to have a direct impact on the support of newly arrived refugees. The Welcome Group Inc deliver programs to support newly arrived refugees in the community with a focus on the most vulnerable refugees. We don’t reinvent the wheel but work with existing organisations under a stren

gths based model of empowerment to fill service gaps. Our simple goal is to introduce Victorians to their new neighbours to extend a message of welcome. We currently have the following programs:

Bridging the Gaps: material aid donation exchange https://www.facebook.com/groups/580634021968454/
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Created in Welcome: an arts based program that humanises refugees, creates creative outlets for refugees and hosts activities for the general public to welcome refugees
https://www.facebook.com/groups/424461661021289/
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Green Thumbs: kitchen garden and food bank supplies https://www.facebook.com/groups/523296031093622/
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Names Faces People: an online journal telling stories from refugee source countries to settlement
http://www.namesfacespeople.com
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School of Welcome: a program for teachers to develop and present curriculum about refugees and asylum seeking as well as engaging schools to support our programs https://www.facebook.com/groups/637911572934552/
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Share the Music: music exchange program https://www.facebook.com/groups/197146567134528/
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We also welcome people with refugee and migrant backgrounds in our Community Team to help us with translation, cultural knowledge and cultural group engagement. Email us if you want to help with this. We are working on a variety of projects and welcome any volunteer with time, space, energy to help out. If you have an idea then post away. If you can offer some time to coordinate, donate, share our posts, and generally spread the word of welcome then you are helping to change the conversation and welcome refugees. What now:
Like our page for news and updates and challenges to participate in. Sharing our posts is helping to educate our community on the facts not the myths. https://www.facebook.com/TheWelcomeGroup

Read attached files and pinned posts for guidelines on the way our programs operate and how you can help. If you would like to donate money for our truck hauls and items for donations then please email us at [email protected] with details. We are not a registered charity (yet) so do not have a receipt tax deductible status. Bendigo Bank
The Welcome Group Inc
BSB: 633000
Account: 151528460

email:
[email protected]

Our amazing committee of management, volunteers and coordinators!

23/08/2026

SBS News Lina Amani's fate is caught between the political realities of two countries.

The 25-year-old has been living a life in exile in Pakistan for the past five years, unable to return to her home in Afghanistan over fears she will be targeted for her work as a women's rights activist.

When the Taliban took power in 2021, enforcing draconian restrictions on women's rights and basic freedoms, Amani fled across the border to continue her campaigning.

But now she's facing a new threat: deportation.

Read more SBS News (link in bio)

Will be interesting. 360 Reports and diplomatic discussions surrounding a potential regional defense alignment have draw...
23/08/2026

Will be interesting.
360 Reports and diplomatic discussions surrounding a potential regional defense alignment have drawn widespread attention amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Statements from regional leaders, particularly Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have repeatedly called for Muslim-majority nations—including Egypt, Jordan, and Syria—to establish a unified front and diplomatic solidarity to counter what Ankara terms growing expansionist policies by Israel. Syria Israel Geopolitics

22/08/2026



7NEWS Sydney It might seem like a handy skill for those good with a thread and needle but for women in Afghanistan, embroidery means so much more.

Why not, all the T-Ban send their children, boys and girls, to study overseas? Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
22/08/2026

Why not, all the T-Ban send their children, boys and girls, to study overseas?



Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s statement saying that he won’t send his daughter to school abroad has gone viral. The statement comes against the backdrop of Taliban’s ongoing ban on girls’ education beyond sixth grade in Afghanistan.

“As a father, it is my responsibility to provide them with the best education. The best one can have. Especially for girls. But as a citizen of Afghanistan, it is also my responsibility to have my own country ready for educating girls in our own environment, in our own culture, in our own historical perspective, in our own languages,” Karzai said. “If I take my daughter out abroad, it will mean we have given up on this right.”

Taliban’s ban has kept 2.4 million girls out of secondary schools and universities since 2021.

Head towards lnk.bio for complete report by Sagrika Kissu ()

MPs are back in Parliament, considering migration changes that would devastate the lives of people seeking asylum in Au...
22/08/2026

MPs are back in Parliament, considering migration changes that would devastate the lives of people seeking asylum in Australia. Call your MP now using 's guide: action.asrc.org.au/call-alp

Progressive California state Senator Aisha Wahab has won a special election to the US House, becoming the first Afghan ...
21/08/2026

Progressive California state Senator Aisha Wahab has won a special election to the US House, becoming the first Afghan American elected to Congress.Wahab defeated fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez in California’s 14th District, securing 53.1% (51,610 votes) to Hernandez’s 46.9% (45,598 votes). The race to replace Eric Swalwell drew heavy intervention from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

AIPAC and its affiliated pro-Israel PACs spent more than $5–8 million attacking Wahab and boosting Hernandez after Wahab’s strong primary wins. Wahab has called Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide” and supports ending US military aid to Israel.Hernandez, backed heavily by the Israel lobby, declined to call the Gaza campaign a genocide, affirming Israel’s “right to defend itself”

Wahab framed her victory as a rejection of outside money: “We stayed focused on the people.” Progressive and pro-Palestinian voices hailed the result as another setback for AIPAC’s influence in Democratic races.

Wahab will serve until January and face Hernandez again in November for a full term.

On the fifth anniversary of the betrayal of Afghanistan and imprisonment of its people, especially the women 🇦🇫💔 ...
21/08/2026

On the fifth anniversary of the betrayal of Afghanistan and imprisonment of its people, especially the women 🇦🇫💔

21/08/2026

Jewish Council of Australia ✍️Add your name ✍️

Pro-Israel groups are pressuring Australian governments and institutions to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which would prohibit legitimate criticism of Israel. Even Kenneth Stern, who drafted the definition, has warned that its official adoption is “a disaster” and that it will be weaponised against Pro-Palestinian speech.

We can’t let widespread adoption of this definition cement further censorship and repercussions for criticism of Israel.

So we're launching a petition we’ll deliver next month to governments and institutions around the country, calling on them to reject the IHRA definition. Please sign and share at the link in our bio!

20/08/2026

The Afghan Affairs Male students in Kabul were reportedly stopped from entering school for not wearing a lungi or shamla, headwear associated with traditional religious dress.

Students were allegedly turned away and told to comply before returning to class.

Five years into Tali-ban rule, restrictions are not limited to women: even boys’ access to classrooms is increasingly tied to the regime’s prescribed appearance and dress‼️

20/08/2026

ABC Melbourne The ABC has launched a campaign called Your Say to go deeper into some of your stories so we can all learn about what's happening in your community.

Shamsullah Sadey is a refugee from Afghanistan and is the founder of Future Leaders of Humanity, a group that helps young migrants find their voice.

Shemsula got in touch through Your Say because he wanted to share how you can find hope in even the most challenging of life situations while also helping others.

Do you have a story you'd like to share? Head over to the link in our bio.

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