Click here to read our latest newsletter!

Below is a list of our current 'office needs'. If you can assist us with any of these, please email Emily.

• Large tea pot or airpot (for serving tea to clients in our waiting room)
• Mugs (for serving tea to clients)
• Hot Plate (for cooking soup to serve to clients in winter)
• Notice boards
• Fan
• Oil heater (for winter)
• Shade cloth (for our back porch)
• Glass or plastic bottles/jars (to store liquids)
• Carrier bags (plastic or cloth-needed for packing food)

Adonis Musati 2010 Update from Anna Telford on Vimeo.

The Adonis Musati Project had a busy year in 2011! Below is a brief summary of the impact made by the project.

Refugee Outreach Project

545 appointments were made at our offices in 2011 and each individual with an appointment was offered food, clothing, lay counseling, advice, and referrals as necessary.  AMP assisted 22 clients with repatriation last year.

A sample of 280 of these clients revealed the following:

The average age of the clients was 32, and the number of children affected was 477.

653 food packs were donated by volunteers and given out to clients, as well as countless donations of bread, produce, and dry goods from Knead Bakery, Stop Hunger Now, and Food Bank.

When I worked as a school teacher I remember the 1st week before school started every January, and in particular the 1st day of the new year with all of my new classes. I would have butterflies in my stomach. It was as if even with all the confidence I had gained through the years I was a brand new teacher, anxious all over again. Imagine starting the year as a new pupil, you come from another country, with another language & culture and everyday is a struggle to survive and fit in. To top it all off, you are poor and your parents cannot always pay the rent or give you a daily meal. You have no uniform or books like your peers and you feel even more isolated and ashamed. At AMP we decided to do what we could to help as many of these young people as our budget would allow.

AMP would like to thank all of our wonderful food pack volunteers for their unfailing support over the past years. Food has always been our project’s greatest need, and without the support of these gracious volunteers, we would not be able to serve our clients each week.  Below is an account from one our food pack volunteers, Anne, who also takes on the task of organising our food roster and buying food in bulk. Thanks Anne, for all of your hard work!  If you would like to come on board to donate food packs monthly, please email Emily.

 “Every month I have the privilege to
schedule the delivery of the food parcels. It only takes me about fifteen minutes to check dates, change names and update the number of parcels, move some names around to spread the parcels evenly depending whether it’s a four or a five-week month, and push the send button. And yes, in my hurry – trying to squeeze it in between my work and taking care of the family - I do get it wrong sometimes, but our committed and loyal food parcel volunteers are always quick to point it out that there is no Friday the 8^th this month, but instead Friday the 10^th.