RAS Community Activities

Refugees and people with refugee-like backgrounds may arrive in New Zealand with little English and limited knowledge about New Zealand. Resettlement can be a challenging and stressful experience, even more so when information is rarely available in one’s own language.

The RAS Community Team would like to ….

• Provide refugee communities with a culturally-appropriate safe place to talk about their feelings and needs in a group setting
• Empower refugee communities through knowledge- and capacity- building activities
• Advocate and advise on culturally appropriate mental health treatment and support
• Assist refugees in overcoming resettlement stress and trauma

What we do….

• Facilitate community-based information sessions about New Zealand society
• Identify facilities for capacity-building projects and training opportunities
• Facilitate Group Psycho-Education Programme
• Refer to appropriate organisations for individual or group assistance as required

RAS Community Development Projects

• Introductory Health Programme
• Celebrating Achievement
• Road Code and Learner Licence Sessions

RAS Community Groups

The groups are open to all speakers of the respective language regardless of which country or ethnic group they may come from.