Auckland Refugee Family Trust
The Auckland Refugee Family Trust raises funds to reunite refugee families.
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The Auckland Refugee Family Trust raises funds to reunite refugee families.
Many refugees in New Zealand have been forced to flee their own country due to war and persecution.
Often they 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 Auckland Refugee Family Trust raises funds to bring those families back together.
The process of family reunification for refugees is costly and lengthy. Once visas have been issued to the successful few, it is heart breaking when the last hurdle of securing money for the airfares proves insurmountable. Visas will expire if airfares cannot be purchased.
Trust funds are awarded to refugee applicants – as funds permit – whose immediate family members have been assessed and approved by New Zealand immigration service as having a valid case for reunification.
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The Auckland Refugee Family Trust raises funds to reunite refugee families.
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We need your help! 1 March 2026
We are in contact with a family with three young children, in Kabul. They have been planning their move to Auckland to join family here - but with the volatile situation in Afghanistan, we have been asked if we can help them urgently while flights are still departing. The family all have their travel documents from Immigration NZ.
We know many of you have helped us support families to leave Afghanistan previously - your generosity has made it possible for us to assist many travel to safety, particularly women and girls.
With war clouds gathering once more, we are asking for your help again. Please consider a donation.
Latest donations
Thank you, Kerrie. We are so grateful for your generosity.
thank you, Celia. We hope to let supporters know when the family is here safely.
The Trust thanks you for your support, Marcela, on the family's behalf.
Thank you, Quentin, for your generous donation to the family's travel.
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