ChangeMakers Resettlement Forum Incorporated

To see New Zealanders of refugee background fully participating in life in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Mount Cook, Wellington

Funding will ensure that we have the staff and infrastructure to continue running the following essential programmes and activities.

-Turning the Curve and Driving for Inclusion - supporting former refugees obtain their New Zealand driver's licence.

-Community Development - helping former refugee families to find positive solutions that empower them to become self-sufficient.

-Group work – including women’s groups, sports, youth activities, and workshops to allow for upskilling and connection.

-World Refugee Day & Change the Narrative project – celebrating the difference and contribution that former refugees make.

-Community Leaders' Council Meetings, Youth Leaders Meetings and Community Cultural Celebrations – strengthening communities and ensuring our work is driven by their self-identified needs and aspirations.

-Advocacy and social and systematic change – raising awareness and challenging the systems that keep former refugees marginalised.

More about us

ChangeMakers Resettlement Forum is a rights-based, NGO working alongside more than 23 refugee-background communities. Our objective is to see New Zealanders of refugee background fully participating in life in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Use of funds

We seek funding to provide a wide range of community development programmes, to carry out client centered research into the challenges and successes or refugee settlement and to work in advocacy across all levels of society to facilitate systems change.