Sisters Hand in Hand

13/10/2026

🌸📖 IT'S OFFICIALLY HERE! YOU ARE AN AMANAH TOO – SPECIAL EDITION!

We are incredibly excited to announce that TODAY marks the official publication of the Home of Amal Special Edition of You Are an Amanah Too, written by the beautiful Sister Rachma Abader! 🎉

While Sister Rachma's original book is already available, this NEW Special Edition has been created in collaboration with Sisters Hand in Hand, with a portion of the proceeds going directly towards supporting our Women and Children's Refuge – Home of Amal. 🏡

✨ ONE BOOK. TWO BEAUTIFUL PURPOSES.

A powerful reminder that while we spend so much of our lives caring for others, we must never forget that we, too, are an Amanah entrusted to our own care.

Our CEO, Korann Halvorsen, shared in her review:

💬 "This isn't a book you simply read. It makes you stop... reflect on your life, your relationships, your worth... and the way you have been treating yourself."

“If you have a teenage daughter — buy her this book. If you are a woman who has spent years pouring from yourself into everybody else — read this book.”

🌷 MEET SISTER RACHMA ABADER

An author, coach, trainer, mother and grandmother, Sister Rachma also serves as Sisters Hand in Hand's Empowerment & Wellbeing Coach & Mentor.

We are incredibly grateful that she has chosen to support the women and children of Home of Amal through this beautiful collaboration.

📖 WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

The Special Edition is officially available TODAY, and we would LOVE to see our community get behind this meaningful initiative!

💕 Buy yourself a copy.
🎁 Gift one to someone you love.
🤲 Share with your family and friends.
🏠Purchase a book for the sisters in the refuge

Every Special Edition purchased helps support women and children seeking safety, dignity and a brighter future.

🛍️ ORDER YOUR HOME OF AMAL SPECIAL EDITION TODAY!

🔗 https://amzn.asia/d/00EVYVg2

Because you are an Amanah too, and so are the women and children we care for.

11/10/2026

❤️ From sleeping on the streets to finally feeling at home — AN UPDATE ON OUR FAMILY ❤️

We have some beautiful news to share with you all! 🤩

A little while ago, we shared the heartbreaking story of a family of four, a mother, father and their two young children, who had been sleeping in tents near a train station, with nowhere safe to call home.

A father recovering from a stroke, two beautiful children with additional needs, and a mother doing everything she could to hold her family together.

Today, because of YOU, their story looks very different.

🏡 THEY ARE OFF THE STREETS!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our community, we were able to provide the family with a hotel room that very first night, ensuring they had a safe, warm place to sleep.

Shortly afterwards, an incredibly generous NDIS provider stepped forward and offered the family accommodation completely FREE of charge!

Not only have they provided a roof over their heads, but they have also committed to continuing to accommodate the family while their NDIS plans are being reinstated. From there, they will work alongside the family to arrange the supports they desperately need and help them work towards long-term accommodation.

We cannot express how grateful we are for such an incredible act of generosity.

🛏️ FROM EMPTY ROOMS TO A PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE HOME

Through your donations, Sisters Hand in Hand was able to purchase the household essentials the family needed, including bedding, kitchen items and other everyday necessities.

Our beautiful community donated mattresses, and another incredibly generous family provided a large amount of groceries and fresh meat directly from the warehouse.

But one of the most emotional moments for our team was something so simple.

The family couldn't wait to show us their pantry and drawers.

They were so excited to open them and show us that they finally had food, kitchen items and the everyday things that so many of us take for granted.

They told us that, for the first time, it actually felt like a home.

Not just somewhere to sleep.

Not just a roof over their heads.

A HOME ❤️

For some people, a pantry full of food or a drawer with kitchen utensils might seem like such a small thing.

But for a family who had been sleeping in tents, wondering where their next meal would come from, these things mean absolutely everything.

🎡 AND THEN SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HAPPENED...

Just days before, while travelling on the train, one of the young children had seen the excitement surrounding the Royal Perth Show and told his dad how much he wanted to go.

His father had to explain:

"I'm really sorry, son. It will have to be next year because Daddy doesn't have the money." 💔

Imagine having to say that to your child when you're already doing everything you can just to survive.

But thanks to another incredibly generous donation, He didn't have to wait until next year! Someone donated the family tickets to the show! 🥹

Because of your financial donations the children got their showbags, enjoyed the rides, experienced all the excitement and simply got to be children again.

For one beautiful day, they weren't worrying about where they would sleep or what tomorrow would bring.

They were just a family making happy memories together.

And that is something you cannot put a price on. ❤️

🌸 TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HELPED — THANK YOU!

Whether you donated money, mattresses, food, household items, offered accommodation, shared our appeal or simply prayed for this family, please know that YOU made this possible.

This family is now safe, comfortable and happy. They are overwhelmed with gratitude and have expressed time and time again how thankful they are to every single person who helped them.

They couldn't thank our community enough.

And neither can we.

At Sisters Hand in Hand, we see firsthand how quickly life can change for a family. We also see how powerful a community can be when people come together with compassion, generosity and the willingness to help.

You didn't just help us put a roof over their heads.

You helped restore their dignity.

You gave two children the opportunity to smile again.

You gave a mother and father the chance to feel some relief after an incredibly difficult time.

And most importantly, you reminded this family that they are not alone.

Their journey isn't over, and we will continue supporting them as they work towards long-term stability and independence.

With your continued support, we can keep changing lives, one family at a time.

Sisters Hand in Hand
We support women and families to build safety, stability and self sufficiency. ❤️

06/10/2026

💗 CASE UPDATE - A mother and her young children.

Because of your generosity, this family has been able to breathe a little easier.

After this mother returned home from hospital, our community stepped in around her in the most beautiful way.

Together, we were able to:

🛒 Do a huge grocery shop and fill her cupboards
🏠 Pay $5,000 towards rent arrears and rent ahead
🔥 Pay off her outstanding gas bill
🍲 Provide cooked meals and food donations
🧹 Have volunteers attend the home to help clean
🤍 Support and care for the children while mum was able to rest and recover

To every single person who donated food, cooked meals, contributed financially, helped with cleaning, cared for the children, delivered items, shared the appeal, checked in on the family or supported in any other way, thank you 🤩

Both our sisters and brothers in the community stepped up, and because of that collective support, this mother did not have to face everything alone.

She was able to return home knowing there was food in the cupboards, her rent was taken care of, an important bill was cleared, her children were supported, and there were people around her who genuinely cared.

This is what community looks like.

Sometimes support is not one big thing. It is many people each doing what they can, and together creating something that can completely change a family’s situation.

This is Sisters Hand in Hand.
This is what happens when a community comes together 🤝

04/10/2026

A HUGE thank you to Perth Modest Thrift Club for having Sisters Hand in Hand at your beautiful event today! 💗

A very special thank you to Sister Rayanne from Sugar Craft Creations for generously donating the gorgeous custom cookies that we were able to give to customers who purchased from our table. They were absolutely beautiful and such a lovely touch.

A huge thank you to our community connectors - Soraya and Firoza, who managed our table for the entire day. We are so grateful for your time, energy and commitment.

And most importantly, an enormous thank you to every single person who stopped by and everyone who is still coming through, to purchase and support us today.

100% of the proceeds from our table are going directly to Home of Amal, our women and children’s refuge right here in Perth.

When you purchase from us, you’re not simply buying an item. You’re supporting local, supporting your community, and helping provide safety, stability and support to women and children who need it most.

Thank you, Perth. Your support truly makes a difference 🤩

01/10/2026

🚨 URGENT PLEASE HELP US KEEP THIS FAMILY SAFE, WARM AND OFF THE STREETS 🚨

This family has gone through a lot. They have the hearts of gold but need support during their incredibly difficult time now.

Today, our team called more than 32 motels trying to find somewhere, anywhere, for a family of four to sleep tonight.

For the past four to five nights, this family has been sleeping in tents near a train station, exposed to the cold and rain.

The father has suffered a stroke.
Both children are autistic.
Mum is the primary carer for her husband and both of her children.

All three members of the family requiring care are NDIS participants, however after the family travelled overseas so Mum could care for sick family members, they returned to Australia and are currently waiting for their NDIS and Centrelink support to be reinstated.

Their Centrelink payments are expected to begin again within approximately 12 days.

But 12 days is a very long time when you have nowhere safe to sleep.

Today, one of the children sat with our team wearing a yellow high-vis raincoat. When we spoke with her, she explained that she wears it because it helps keep her dry when it rains.

Because they have been sleeping outside.

Because their tent has been their home.

The children have difficulties with speech because of their autism, but they were able to tell us enough.

They told us how cold they were in the tent last night.

And while our team sat on the phone calling motel after motel, they stayed beside us, holding our hand and repeatedly asking:

“Are you going to find us somewhere to sleep tonight?”

“Please keep trying.”

“Please keep trying.”

Those words have stayed with us.

After calling more than 32 places, we finally found them a room for tonight.

Tonight, these children will not have to sleep in a freezing tent.

They will have a bed.

They will have a shower.

They will have four walls around them.

They will be warm.

But tonight is only one night!

We urgently need the community's help to keep this family in accommodation until their Centrelink payments begin and we can work with them towards a more stable, long-term housing solution.

Every night we can fund means these children remain warm, dry and safe

If you cannot donate, please share this post. Someone in your network may be able to help!

Sisters Hand in Hand
BSB: 066-125
Account: 10566562
Reference: Homeless Support

29/09/2026

‼️ SISTER MARYAM NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT ‼️
(Name changed for safety reasons)

"Right now I have no income.
I keep thinking about what happens next week, next month, what happens if my children need something.

Because of my situation, I can’t just go onto Centrelink and have money coming in. Everything takes time forms, appointments, waiting and trying to work out what I’m even eligible for.
I’m so grateful to be at the refuge because here my children and I are safe and they take care of everything we need.
But in my head I’m always thinking… what am I going to do?
I just want to get to a point where I can support my children myself again.”

Today, we are urgently asking our community to help us support this mother and her children.

Because of her visa circumstances, Sister Maryam currently has no access to Centrelink income. We are working through every possible option with her, but these processes take time and her options are extremely limited.

In the meantime, life does not stop.

Her children still need to be cared for. There are expenses that cannot wait. Until she has an income of her own, our refuge is carrying those costs for her.

This is the reality for so many women referred to us. Many have nowhere else able to take them because they have no Centrelink income.

But we take them in.

We provide their accommodation, food, transport, clothing, medication, phones, toiletries, children’s needs and everything required to help them rebuild.

Around 50% of the women entering our refuge are Zakat eligible.

Right now, we desperately need your help to carry Sister Maryam and her children through this period.

$20 matters.
$50 matters.
$100 matters.
Every donation helps us keep this mother safe and supported while we work towards getting her back onto her feet.

She has no Centrelink payment coming next week.
No income to fall back on.
No financial safety net.

For now, we need to be that safety net.

If you have been looking for somewhere to give your Sadaqah or, where eligible, your Zakat, please consider helping Sister Maryam and the other women currently living in our refuge.

Please donate today!

Sadaqah
Sisters Hand in Hand
BSB: 066-125
Account: 10566562

24/09/2026

✨ ✨ Food Hampers ✨✨

This week, our Sisters Hand in Hand team has been out all across Perth delivering food hampers to individuals and families who are feeling the pressure of the rising cost of living.

For many households, the cost of groceries and basic household essentials is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. These hampers are one small but practical way we can help ease that pressure and make sure people in our community feel supported.

To everyone who continues to donate, please know that your generosity is reaching people who genuinely need it. Every bag of rice, tin of food, cleaning product and hygiene items makes its way directly into the hands of someone doing it tough.

We are always grateful to receive donations of non-perishable food items, household cleaning products, and hygiene products for both men and women.

Your support allows us to continue responding to client's needs with dignity, care and compassion.

Thank you for standing with our community and helping us make sure no one has to struggle alone.

21/09/2026

20/09/2026

Sisters Hand in Hand was honoured to attend the Ahmadiyya Women’s Auxiliary Peace Symposium 2026, an important gathering centred on peace, justice, dignity and the kind of world we are creating for generations to come.

Our CEO, Korann Halvorsen, was incredibly honoured to be invited as a panellist alongside Senator for Western Australia Fatima Payman, Deputy Mayor of Cockburn Phoebe Cooke, Western Australian Police Sergeant Prue Foulks, State President of The Country Women’s Association of WA Felicity Edwards, and Joanne McGillivray from Yangebup Family Centre.

Korann spoke about family and domestic violence and the role we all play in creating peaceful, cohesive communities. Peace is not simply the absence of conflict. It begins in homes where people feel safe, in families where every person is respected, and in communities where women and girls are valued, protected and able to live with dignity, alongside men and boys who should also feel respected, supported and valued.

At Sisters Hand in Hand, this sits at the heart of our wraparound approach. The women we support are never reduced to what has happened to them. They are mothers, daughters, professionals, students, entrepreneurs, friends and remarkable individuals with strengths, hopes and futures that deserve to be recognised.

When we support people with dignity, rather than defining them by their trauma, we help rebuild more than an individual life. We strengthen families, create safer communities and contribute to a more peaceful world for our children to inherit.

A healthy family dynamic is one where every member of the family feels respected, valued, protected and cared for. That is where peace begins, and from there it extends into our communities and the wider society.

We are grateful for the opportunity to be part of such an important conversation and to stand alongside so many people working towards a future built on justice, social cohesion, respect, safety, dignity and peace.

A heartfelt thank you to the Ahmadiyya Women’s Auxiliary for the kind invitation and for creating such a meaningful space for these important conversations. We were truly grateful to be included.

Deputy Mayor Cr Phoebe Corke - City of Cockburn
Senator Fatima Payman

16/09/2026

We are currently supporting two families who are in need of a few practical items to help make everyday life a little easier.

We have listed exactly what each family needs on the flyers. If you have any of these items in good to great condition and would like to donate them, we would be incredibly grateful. For hygiene reasons, pillows and towels must be brand new.

For Family 1, the needs are mainly household and kitchen essentials, along with Woolworths shopping vouchers. Family 2 is currently needing an adult bicycle, a laptop computer and Woolworths gift cards.

Sometimes the things sitting unused in our homes can be exactly what another family needs right now.

If you are able to assist with any of the listed items, please contact us:

📧 [email protected]
📞 0422 937 465

Thank you to everyone who continues to help us support families with dignity, care and practical assistance.