HOW TO DONATE

1. DONATIONS
   How to donate now on-line or by phone; how to donate by cheque; how to set up a regular donation
2. CHRISTMAS APPEAL
   Hotham MIssion ASP needs $120,000 to provide income and shelter for the most vulnerable asylum seekers over Christmas
3. GIFTS IN KIND
   How to donate useful things like Metcards and Phone cards
4. HOLD A FUNDRAISER

1. DONATIONS

• TO DONATE ONLINE (CLICK HERE)
  Make a single donation or set up a regular credit card donation. Your donation will be processed securely and without charge by the not-for-profit OurCommunity.com service. You will be sent a tax-deductible receipt immediately by email.
• TO DONATE BY PHONE: PLEASE CALL 03 9326 8343
• TO DONATE BY CHEQUE:
  Please make your cheques payable to "SHARE (Hotham Mission ASP)" and note in your cover letter, or on the back of the cheque, that your donation is for "Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project". Please send your donation to:

  Hotham Mission Asylum Seeker Project
  c/- The SHARE Community Appeal
  Reply Paid 4355
  Melbourne VIC 3001

How donations are used

The Asylum Seekers Project (ASP) provides these poorest children, women and men, with housing places, Basic Living Assistance (a barest cash allowance), help with medical and living emergencies, and a utilities relief rung. ASP also provides referrals, outreach support, link-up programs and women's and men's support groups. ASP advocates and lobbies on behalf of the people it serves.

• $10 will help a family cope with those small emergencies that can break you or slowly break you down, for lack of just small amounts - medicine, a child's school excursion, a Zone 1 and 2 Metcard to reach a processing or legal help appointment, a phone card to reach a loved one.
• $33 provide a weekly Basic Living Allowance to a man or woman who is seeking asylum and can have no other income.
• $99 will provide a weekly Basic Living Assistance to a single parent and two children.
• $200 will help a family pay a quarterly electricity and gas bill

2. CHRISTMAS APPEAL 2009
Please help us provide income and shelter to the most vulnerable asylum seekers this Christmas. Hotham Mission ASP needs $120,000 to provide basic living allowances, rent assistance, and help with utilities and emergencies, to those most in need over the three months of December to February, and to put us on track to be able to sustain that level of help throughout 2010. It costs about $450 a month to provide a basic income and some housing on-costs to a family such as the family of Rahab, Shazia and Ali. Read more
TO DONATE ONLINE PLEASE CLICK HERE

3. GIFTS IN KIND
Please phone 03 9326 8343 for advice and information on current needs

Needs include:

• Metcards: as asylum seekers on Bridging Visa E cannot get concessions. Full Fare Daily Zone 1 or Daily Zone 1+2 are most useful.
• Phonecards: for international and local calls, available from many Milkbars and other outlets, check for cheaper cards for Africa, Middle East, South and South East Asia.

4. HOLD A FUNDRAISING EVENT
Please phone 03 9326 8343 to discuss your event or fundraising idea