ARMIA HOUSE
At the ARMIA House we are committed to supporting the Refugee & Migrant Community for after the first five years of settlement in Australia. We are a community-based non-profit dedicated to helping people from diverse cultural backgrounds gain the knowledge and skills needed for sustainable integration into Australian society. ARMIA Healing the Incurables has been established 8 years ago to holistically empower the least advantaged people and has proudly made a significant difference in the lives of thousands of individuals and families though many programs and activities including but not limited to the following objects: (a) to integrate refugees and migrants into Australian society through community socioeconomic participation; (b) to help combat loneliness and social isolation for migrants, refugees and other Australians; (c) to assist with other issues faced by migrants, refugees and other Australians including, but not limited to, physical and mental health, education, domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, youth crime and prostitution, and homelessness; (d) to provide a place or places where migrants, refugees and other Australians including, but not limited to, youth and socially isolated people can meet with others, get counselling, participate in group activities and be referred to specialised organisations as required; (e) to offer welfare relief through the provision of funds, resources and services to disadvantaged or impoverished people in need living in Australia or overseas; (f) to do all such acts as are incidental and conducive to the furtherance of the above objects. ARMIA was initially a CALD and refugee community engagement organisation that opened its doors in early 2015, following repeated community requests by Australians from refugee and migrant backgrounds, and has begun a carefully structured program of activities aimed at breaking down the barriers of social isolation, cultural integration and employment within Australian Refugee and CALD communities. It is located in Sunnybank, a suburb of Brisbane, serving clients, refugees and migrants, currently mainly from the southeastern suburbs, who have been in Australia for more than 5 years. ARMIA initially mostly worked with those individuals who do not integrate, even with the 5year Australian government assistance program, which often leads to social isolation, to proudly take their place in the community and Australian society. From 2018, ARMIA assist least advantaged mainstream and indigenous people, also a way to promote interactive and participative integration. From 2019, ARMIA assist people with disability through NDIS to live a normal life with their families. ARMIA also assist the elderly through My Aged/InHome Care. ARMIA works around 3 Central Pillars: Affordable Housing Community Empowerment Employment and Entrepreneurship Within this framework, ARMIA utilise five interconnected programs each with multiple activities. These group activities serve as vehicles to enable secondary group therapy and capacity building. The programs are: Education Business Initiatives Health and Wellbeing Community Engagement and Life Skills and Vocational Training