Centre for Migrant and Refugee Health

The Centre for Migrant and Refugee Health hopes to provide immigrants,refugees, and asylum seekers, young and old, with education, campaign awareness, counselling, research, advocacy, and policy support to recognise that mental illness can impact their lives, wellbeing, health outcomes and quality of life. 

Help the CMRH by donating to sponsor individuals from migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker backgrounds to access one of the projects or support areas below: 

• Access 250 Community Mental Health Education Sessions, including developing a resource box (use in an interactive session).

• Build capacity for more than 2000 Community Mental Health Volunteers in culturally and trauma safe campaign awareness about the impact of mental health illnesses and stigma-related. 

• Increase a continued CMRH social media campaign awareness, research, advocacy, and policy support to advance the needs for prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment of Mental Illness.

• Provide psychological support projects or programs through sports, community festivals, mediation, and counselling services to reduce the risk of increased mental health illness, stigma, and discrimination. 

• Establish a centre/place to create a positive engagement and inclusive environment to reduce health inequity and inequality for socially isolated, vulnerable, and low socioeconomic status refugee and asylum seekers communities. 

• Develop CMRH capacity, including office equipment (computers, furniture etc.), culturally and trauma safe translated resources for mental illness.  

Your generous donation will help improve or save lives through developing cultural, trauma safe, appropriate resources and specific mental healthcare and support services, including preventive, treatment, and rehabilitation services for the communities from migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker backgrounds.