The ASRC launches it’s winter appeal

As a caring person, we know that you care about the 11,000 people living in Melbourne right now who are at risk of homelessness, hunger and being sent back to harm due to an unfair refugee determination process.

Around 10,000 people seeking protection in Melbourne will run out of food this month, and cannot afford to buy more. That includes over 1,500 children, who are at risk of hunger. 

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre‘s (ASRC) Foodbank is intended for ‘food relief’ but for one third of members, Foodbank is their only source of food. Alarmingly, over half of people who access Foodbank have no form of income and live below the poverty line.

The Centre’s five-fold increase in demand in the last 12 months has impacted Foodbank severely, and this year it will need to raise $1 million dollars of food in order to continue to provide food to 600 people each week.

This winter, your donation can improve food security for thousands of people seeking asylum. 

• $36 can give one family of 4 enough food for one week
• $50 can provide enough toilet paper for 2 families for 3 months
• $130 can give ensure we have enough lentils for 270 families each week
• $300 ensures we have enough rice for 600 people each week

You can give peace of mind to a family this winter, please donate now. Go to https://asrc.org.au/winterappeal/

It is appalling that despite what people seeking asylum have already been through, they are going hungry on our watch. Please stand with us in supporting people to live with dignity – and give generously to the ASRC winter appeal.