FAQs

Our Gift catalogue represents our current activities carried out in our relief and community development projects. The prices reflect the costs involved in providing children and families with so much more than just a simple gift. While these prices are generally indicative, because gifts are pooled, your contribution goes toward part of the cost. The costs reflect the implementation of real, life-altering change through each gift. This includes operational training, education, and on-going support. 

No, sorry. The gifts featured in this year's gift catalogue represent the current needs of the children, families and communities where we work.

In mid-2013, the Australian government introduced a policy that any asylum seeker arriving to Australia by boat would be sent to Nauru or Manus Island for processing. If found to be a refugee, they would be settled in a country other than Australia. The policies have received sustained criticism for their profound violations of human rights. The conditions in which the refugees and asylum seekers are living are sub-standard and they lack access to adequate healthcare, education, and protection from sexual and physical abuse.  

In 2016, more than 1,000 leaked incident reports involving children were reported by The Guardian that showed the harrowing conditions the children were faced with daily. Children on Nauru have grown up surrounded by fences and security guards, with few safe and child-friendly places to play. These circumstances have profound negative impacts on the mental and emotional health and growth of children. They were being robbed of a childhood and a future.

Following the 2018 #KidsOffNauru campaign, all children have been moved from the Island. While some families have been resettled in the U.S., the remaining children have been temporarily transferred to Australia for medical treatment.