Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Afghan students win scholarships to study in Turkey
Mohammad Reza Wefaq is a 24-year-old engineering undergraduate now studying in Ankara, Turkey’s capital city. “I was studying in Bamiyan University in Afghanistan before I came to Turkey,” he says. “The Turkish government pay 100 per cent of my costs to study here and without it I would never have been able to pay the fees. I, too, have found the people to be lovely. My friends here are wonderful.”...Continue Reading...
Victim’s family one step closer to final goodbye
AFTER feeling like all hope was lost, the refugee family of the man killed in the Ladysmith crash last month are only one step away from being able to find closure.
Following an influx of kindness from refugee networks across Australia, the family now have enough money to buy airfares to attend Sarwar Rezai’s funeral and give him a proper burial which is important under Shiite Islam. Australian Migration Options agent Libby Hogarth said they had raised $7000 after sending out a plea for donations and that would be enough to cover the airfares for Mr Rezai’s wife, four children and grandchild who currently live in Quetta, Pakistan.....Continue Reading.....
Following an influx of kindness from refugee networks across Australia, the family now have enough money to buy airfares to attend Sarwar Rezai’s funeral and give him a proper burial which is important under Shiite Islam. Australian Migration Options agent Libby Hogarth said they had raised $7000 after sending out a plea for donations and that would be enough to cover the airfares for Mr Rezai’s wife, four children and grandchild who currently live in Quetta, Pakistan.....Continue Reading.....
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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