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OUR MISSION & AIM

Mission
Refugees and people with related backgrounds will have access to quality, culturally-responsive mental and general health services to assist positive resettlement in New Zealand.

Aim
To deliver for refugees entering and resettling in New Zealand:
High quality, culturally appropriate mental health services to include assessment, treatment and follow-up to address pre and post migration stress, and assist healing from experiences of trauma or torture.
Quality, culturally fitting health promotion, health education and primary prevention services to address key needs of safety and well-being

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National CALD Training for Health Professionals Working with Refugees and Migrants Capacity Building in Workforce Development Across New Zealand

National training in cultural competencies is rolling out across New Zealand. The CALD (Cultural and Linguistic Diversity) training programme is a joint venture initiative between RASNZ and the Asian Health Services of the Waitemata District Health Board. The programme, funded by Te Pou, provides training and clinical supervision for health professionals working in the mainstream services in how to work more effectively with refugees and migrants. So far District Health Boards in Auckland, Hamilton and Palmerston North have put more than 80 diverse health professionals through the course. The next course is soon starting in Christchurch. The course provides for training in how to work with interpreters, how to understand and relate with people for other cultures and specialist provision of care to traumatised refugees. Evaluation results show highly positive feedback from course participants. This is followed up in a unique and pioneering approach utilising case review and supervision via remote teleconferencing technology.

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Helping traumatised refugees is at the heart of New Zealand's humanitarian contributions as a caring society.
Through the United Nations, New Zealand accepts and resettles 750 refugees a year. Although it may seem a small number, the positive impact on lives is remarkable. What greater gift could be given to a needy refugee child than a new life as a New Zealander?
Refugees have suffered the loss of family, friends, their possessions, their homeland and their culture, and many have survived trauma and torture. The work of Refugees As Survivors (RAS) is vital in helping bridge the vast gap between the danger and suffering of an old life and a bright new future as a New Zealander.
Give them a Kiwi welcome. Your help through direct donations and bequests is needed to sustain and extend this vital work. Please give generously.