Auckland Refugee Graduation 2015

For the graduation on 18 April the Auckland weather could not decide whether to rain or shine, however our guests arrived to celebrate with us: Adel Salmanzadeh and Susan Gamble from Ministry of Education; RAS management; and Rakesh Naidoo from NZ Police. This was a chance to thank Gary from RAS for the work he has done in the NZ Refugee Community since the Tampa crisis in 2001, as he is soon leaving for Australia. Rakesh also gave information for any people with refugee background who may be interested in joining the NZ Police force.

 

Between our delivery team of Dr Arif Saeid, tutor Alfadil, technician Hameed, Family Liaison Patrick, MoE managers Adel and Susan and CIH Coordinator Di, we all wished the families well in their digital journey ahead, praised them for what they have achieved so far, and offered good advice. This ranged from how to access technical support to how to keep cockroaches out of the computers! Mrs Fahima Saeid served our wonderful lunch which was very welcome seeing most of us had been hard at work since 9am. What a great group of families who are now new residents of Aotearoa NZ. Nau mai haere mai!

  

Auckland Refugee Training

National Coordinator Di Daniels was fortunate enough to attend 2 training sessions at the RYAN Centre to meet the families and explain the internet connection process. Week 2 in March, everything was new for the learners, but by Week 6 in April the room was buzzing with typing practice, YouTube videos, wrestling, games, MS Office practice and a couple of people trying to remember their passwords to Gmail! The group was also visited by 2020 Trust’s Executive Director Vanisa Dhiru on March 21 – Race Relations Day.

Wellington Refugee Graduation April 2015

On the 18th of April 2015, 12 amazing refugee families completed their Computers in Homes training at the Porirua e-Learning training suite in Porirua.

Each of the families were excited to have completed their training and to be able to go home and use their computers to find employment, communicate with loved ones overseas and to help with their children's education. 

With many of the supporting partners there to celebrate the day.  Such as Abdi Bihi from the Ministry of Education, Lucy Anderson from the Red Cross who presented the families with their certificates.   Vanisa Dhiru, Executive Director of 2020 Trust and Chairman of the Porirua e-Learning Trust Mr Graham Kelly.

With this being my first refugee family graduation I would like to say a special thank you to all trainers, interpreters, supporters, drivers and not to mention the Porirua RSA for hosting each Wellington Refugee Group.

The success of these programmes is dependent on the commitment of the families and the great work from all the support partners involved.

Ngā mihi ki a koutou.

Wellington Refugee Update April 2015

Kia ora my name is Shona Te Huki.

I am the Regional Coordinator for the Manawatu/Horowhenua region and currently supporting our Refugee families in the Wellington Region.

I am so happy to be part of the programme.


Currently we are training at the e-Learning CTC, Porirua with 12 families.

A big thank you to the trainers, support persons and family liaison staff who are assisting each family with their own personal ICT training.  These families are taking the necessary time out of their weekends to complete their computer training journey.

With many of the families unable speak English, we are very fortunate to have committed translators and trainers that can assist in both areas to ensure each family are given the assistance and attention they require.

These families will graduate on the 18th of April 2015.


We wish them well with their journey and look forward to seeing them all at their graduation.