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We restarted our English for Refugees classes at the Catholic Cathedral in mid- January this year. 15 students attended and received their certificates on 29 March.

We were anxious as to whether we would have any students for the second course, which began on 11 April. To our total amazement no less than 50 students enrolled this time! We have never had anything like this number before! The group has been divided into Beginners and Advanced and some have been rescheduled for Course 3 which will begin in July. The writing is on the wall that this project is both needed and blessed and we thank our Comboni Father Jeremias who managed to obtain funding for us for the work to continue, at least for one more year.

Easter was once again a celebration of great joy with many children and adults participating. Our thanks to Caltex for allowing us again a visit from the Easter Bunny and to the group of 4 young people who provided a most entertaining afternoon for all. See photos of bunny and children catching Easter eggs raining down from the garage roof!

This very vibrant group of young people once again provided us with a delicious lunch and fun, when they visited Mercy House during Lent. In the photo you see Marina who subsequently did a project for her university studies with Yuri, one of our Mercy House children.

Zeng attended a course in graphic design at Vega College last year and is currently waiting to start a further course in July of this year.
Part of his credentials was to make a short video clip about a subject of his choice. Please view his amazing, short video below, on the subject of Xenophobia.

After that is the match stick video which he created when he was only 15 years old in Grade 10, and for which he won a national award.