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Your donations help us run our helpline, which supports distress callers from our community. Everyday we receive 4-6 distressed calls seeking help for food relief, family violence, mental health, financial aid, legal aid, unemployment aid and drug and alcohol addiction, etc. Social workers on our team provide support and culturally appropriate information in the language our community speaks, breaking the language and cultural barriers.
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Account Name: IndianCare Inc.
BSB: 633000
Account Number: 153999446
If you seek confirmation of your donation, please share your information with our treasurer via email accounts@indiancare.org.au
Your donations make a difference
Disha's story
Disha, 44 year old woman reached out to IndianCare seeking a referral for legal support. She had two children, a 10-year-old son with an intellectual disability and speech impairment, and a 12-year-old daughter with cognitive impairment.
Disha experienced physical, verbal, and mental abuse from her partner in 2020 and applied for an Intervention Order (IVO). Her son, who was 8 years of age at the time of the IVO, reported sexual abuse from the father in court. She was advocating for full custody of her children as they have reported feeling unsafe around their father.
We provided in-language support, information about interest-free loans for financial and legal support, and referral to a community legal service. She received mental health counseling, financial aid, and legal aid from the services we referred her to.
Rahul's story
Family members of an international student in Melbourne contacted IndianCare seeking support for their child.
Isolated and alone in Melbourne, the student had turned to drug and substance abuse. They lost their passport and got involved in several criminal offences. The student was effectively stranded in Australia during this tumultuous period.
Our team was able to make contact with the student and offered material support, and organise a rehabilitation service. IndianCare undertook the necessary paperwork to get a new passport assigned, allowing them to travel back home. The family reunited in India.