WELCOME TO ARCC

We are the collective voice of Auckland’s former refugees from all backgrounds and from all parts of the world. We bridge the gap between our communities and service providers to achieve greater understanding, smooth resettlement and positive integration.

Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition is a grassroots, non-profit organisation led by former refugees for former refugees in the Auckland region. ARCC is currently made up of 20 member communities from 15 different countries including: Afghanistan, Burma, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Rwanda, Kurdish, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Palestine , Uganda and Tamil .

OUR PROJECTS

Women Leadership Network (WLN)

The overall aim of the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) is to create a setting in which women will have a safer, fairer and more sustainable network so that they can determine their own future and fulfill their potential. To this end, ARCC will lend its support to their initiatives when [...]

05
Mar

GET INVOLVED

OUR VALUES

ARCC’s philosophy is driven by the idea that the resettlement of newcomers and resettled families can be a positive and empowering experience. To this end we have developed a set of values that guides our work.

RESPECT

We involve others and listen to them. We show consideration and empathy for their emotional and physical well-being.

HUMANITY

We give special consideration to the sacredness and humanity of each refugee. We celebrate all the diverse cultures of former refugees living in Auckland.

TEAM WORK

We involve the resettling communities in everything we do and keep all our processes transparent. We reach out to all humanitarian migrants to work together.

JUSTICE

We ensure that all former refugees are treated fairly. We promote equal access to all services. We promote the freedom to choose and the freedom of speech.

TOLERANCE

We acknowledge the importance of individual beliefs and opinions. In our differences we look for our common ground.

COMMITMENT

We do what we say we are going to do to the best of our ability. We give our time and skills for the betterment of the Aotearoa Resettled Community.

OUR Team

Our team is composed by a variety of people from all walks of life and expertise that come together under our organization’s vision and values. We strive to make sure our staff and governance board reflect those values of integration and representation by keeping a balance between people who have lived through the refugee experience and people who have not, but are skilled enough to strengthen our mission.

Abann K.A Yor

General
Manager

Ashleigh Ali-Aziz

Youth Development
Coordinator

Gatluak Chuol

Operations
Manager

Yohanna Tesfai

Youth Development
Assistant

Nando Azevedo

Communication and Program
Coordinator

Tina Pihema

Project Administration
Coordinator

Stewart Devitt

External Facilitator / Skills Developer

Baydaa Mahdi

Administrative
Assistant

Faisal Farghaly

Community
Navigator

Helen Te Hira

External Facilitator /
Educator

OUR Projects

We specialise in leadership and advocacy projects in order to achieve the goals set out in our mission. From workshops, to arts and media projects, we are interested in promoting a healthy resettlement process in all aspects of life.

The Resettlement Portraits

This project is about reminding people that refugees bring to a country much more then just the luggage on their back. Every individual within our resettled community also carries with them their own taonga tuku iho that needs to be respected, protected and celebrated. Our goal is to use this [...]

02
Aug
Auckland Refugee Family Trust

Many refugees in New Zealand are alone or separated from family members who remain in unsafe situations overseas. They are desperate about the safety and survival of those relatives left behind and are unable to settle well until they are reunited. The process of family reunification for refuges is costly [...]

05
Mar
University of Auckland

The University of Auckland provides academic tools and knowledge to ARCC members in the form of the capacity building training to community researchers. The ARCC research project, in collaboration with Auckland University focused on men with refugee backgrounds. Under the title of “Improving resettlement outcomes: What can we learn from [...]

05
Mar
ARCC, MAT & PUKETAPAPA LOCAL BOARD (PLB) PARTNERSHIP

ARCC and Migrant Action Trust (MAT) partnership initially started in 2013 when ARCC shared the same office space with MAT at the Community Action Centre located at 766 Sandringham Road Extension, Mt Roskill. Being in one location, it enabled the two organisations to be more familiar with each other’s roles [...]

05
Mar
Maritime Museum (Beyond Refuge Panel Discussion)

March 18 to September 3 at the New Zealand Maritime Museum. The exhibition was the second stage of a project conceived for this year’s headland Sculpture on the Gulf: “A Journey of a Million Miles Begins with One Step – The Stories of beyond Refuge”. Here the artwork was relocated [...]

05
Mar
Artwork- Tiffany Singh

The journey of a million miles begins with one step ARCC partnership project / summary report! Headlands sculpture on the gulf . The inaugural partnership project between artist Tiffany Singh and the Auckland Resettled Community Coalition saw an ambitious Social Practice artwork being realized at the prestigious Sculpture on The [...]

05
Mar
Auckland Resettlement Sector Annual Summit

The Auckland Resettlement Sector- Annual Summit is a new platform bringing together local, regional and national government representatives, mainstream service leaders, resettlement service providers, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and established and newly resettled community leaders. The objectives of the Summit are to create inter-agency and organisational understanding of the resettlement sector’s [...]

05
Mar
New Zealanders Now – From Refugees to Kiwis

Many people from refugee backgrounds have made New Zealand their home. Their past may be in another country, but their present and future is here. This project is about those people. People who have shown extraordinary resilience in the face of adversity, emerging with determination. New Zealand benefits enormously from resettling [...]

05
Mar
Women Leadership Network (WLN)

The overall aim of the Women’s Leadership Network (WLN) is to create a setting in which women will have a safer, fairer and more sustainable network so that they can determine their own future and fulfill their potential. To this end, ARCC will lend its support to their initiatives when [...]

05
Mar
Youth United Voice

Youth United Voice is aimed at enabling a united voice for young people. Through workshops and activities, the goal is to empower the youth to emerge as leaders within their own communities, as well as in the wider New Zealand community. This is a great opportunity for like-minded youth to [...]

05
Mar
Strengthening Resettlement Voices Project

Strengthening Refugee Voices was established in 2006 by the former Department of Labour. It is a community-led initiative aimed at  enabling a united voice of former refugees on settlement matters at regional and national levels. Funding is provided to refugee groups to enable them to meet and discuss their issues [...]

24
Jan
Resett Radio

To provide the Auckland Resettled Community Coalition with the means to give Voice to our 23 member groups and for those voices to be heard by a wide range of New Zealanders.  This will be delivered through the facilities of Planet FM and the planet audio website. Radio objectives are [...]

24
Jan

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