• Home is Here: Parisa Ramak

    Home is Here: Parisa Ramak

    My name is Parisa Ramak, an Iranian-Kurdish woman who has been living in Australia for nearly 12 years. We fled Iran in 2013 when our son was just two years old, searching for safety and peace. Over these years, my family and I have strived to make meaningful contributions to the community here while enduring

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  • Join ASRC’s Winter Food Drive to Support Refugees in Dandenong

    Join ASRC’s Winter Food Drive to Support Refugees in Dandenong

    This winter, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) invites you to bring hope and warmth to refugee families by participating in our Winter Food Drive on Saturday, July 27th, at the Refugee Resource Hub in Dandenong. This heartwarming event is your chance to make a tangible difference in the lives of refugees and people seeking

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  • That’s a wrap | World Refugee Day Telethon 2024

    That’s a wrap | World Refugee Day Telethon 2024

    Another World Refugee Day Telethon, powered by the ASRC has come to an end. What a special day it was and the rollercoaster of emotions following the tally until the last minute. The ASRC team snapped the last picture holding the cheque and turned off the live stream, thinking we were short just under the

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  • Meet Parisa | ASRC Telethon Hero 2024

    Meet Parisa | ASRC Telethon Hero 2024

    “I was born in Afghanistan in the first era of Taliban,” Parisa says. “I opened my eyes in a country where being a girl was a crime, where I had no rights.” Parisa’s mother, a highly educated and independent woman, had been forced to abandon her career under the first Taliban regime. When the democratic

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  • Meet Mursal | ASRC Telethon Hero 2024

    Meet Mursal | ASRC Telethon Hero 2024

    Mursal Sadat is one of the Afghanistan Women’s National Soccer team players who came to Australia during the country’s evacuation in 2021. Raised in Kabul, Mursal was living a “normal life as a young girl in Afghanistan” when she started playing soccer for the nationals in 2017.  “The aim of playing soccer was advocacy for

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