Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition

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Our Vision: A settled, integrated and thriving former refugee community in New Zealand

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Auckland Resettled Community Coalition represents Auckland's former refugee communities.
We:
- put former refugees first
- communicate with major service providers to support and help former refugees
- act with courage and respect
- empower refugee individuals and communities
- provide advice and create new solutions with assistance from governmental and non-governmental organisations across the sector
- identify challenges faced by refugee communities within the region
- establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders in order to increase opportunities for refugee communities and individuals

Our current members are 22 registered refugee community organisations from 12 different countries. Auckland Refugee Community Coalition is the key representative of Auckland's refugee communities in the region.

"In 2005, an ethnically diverse group of resettled community leaders and their friends, supporters and relevant agencies worked to establish a collective, and powerful, community. A community to provide opportunity, empowerment, and a voice that represented not one, but all resettled communities in Auckland and New Zealand. A community that would be powerful enough to have a meaningful and positive impact for former refugees."