Comprehensive Family Assistance
As we receive more and more clients, and travel to more and more homes, we are coming into contact with some very needy families. Meeting basic needs, once off, just doesn't seem to address the issues that many are facing, and that have often lead to their original imprisonment.
Our intention is to expand our services so that we are able to help an entire family, not just the prisoners themselves. We have already tested a number of cases through our current services and with the approval of funding from AusAID the Family Assistance project started in April 2007.
These are the following aspects of this programme:
Relief Aid - basic food, shelter etc
Child welfare
Debt relief
Small business loans & mentoring
Counselling and mediation
Medical care
Schooling
Ongoing follow up support