These letters were written to Buddies from within the walls of detention camps. From a father of six children separated from his family for more than two years while he searches for a safer haven for them, to a six year-old girl’s experience of the sorrow and frustration that surrounds her, these letters put a [...]
Many new friendships have begun through our picnics.
Cotton Tree
Painting is fun
All joined in to do a painting that now hangs in the Refugee Claimants’ Centre, Brisbane.
Buddies picnics in June and October, 2004
Two very successful, very enjoyable picnics were held in June and in October. In June a number of the Afghan men working in the Kilcoy meatworks were able to join us for one of the biggest picnics we have yet had.
The following is the report on the picnic in [...]
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Frank Brennan SJ AO, Jesuit priest and lawyer, and Karen Struthers, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, spoke recently at a Buddies event held at the Sunshine Coast University.
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“Buddies” at Multicultural Festival, Brisbane, 10th October ‘04
On Sunday 10th October, four “Buddies” members went to Brisbane to ‘man’ the Buddies’ tent at the Multicultural Music Festival in Roma St Parklands.
The positive response from so many at the festival was well beyond our expectations. We spent most of the day fielding very intelligent and genuine [...]
Below is a report from Narelle,the ‘Picnic Co-ordinator’, of the huge picnic held at Mooloolaba on April 25th.
” What a wonderful day we (buddies) and our refugee friends from Brisbane and Kilcoy had on the Big Day Out on Anzac Day. There were well in excess of 200 people, it was all a buzz and [...]
On Saturday 23rd of September, 2006, a small picnic was held with a group of Sudanese families from mainly the Wynnum, Manly area. The day was quite wonderful, good food, good weather and great company. Photos are in the ‘gallery’.
Report from ANZAC Day Picnic coordinator.
The BDO this week was the biggest yet and I’d like to begin by thanking all Buddies who participated. However, there were only about 40 who did so, which meant that we all had to bring heaps of food and drink. With 4 buses and 25 cars, we had 200-250 [...]
Protest for Refugee Day, Maroochydore, 17.6.05
On Friday, 17 th June, 60 or more “Buddies” staged a peaceful protest for the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. The protest was held outside the office of Peter Slipper, the local Liberal MP. Judged by the positive response from passing motorists, the protest was very successful. Below are [...]