Foreign Nationals Support Programme - Visitor Care Manaaki Manuhiri
People on temporary visas who are in New Zealand and experience serious hardship due to COVID-19 can request help through the Foreign Nationals Support Programme - Manaaki Manuhiri. New Zealand Red Cross delivers in-kind assistance to help people on temporary visas to meet basic needs, such as food and accommodation.
Since 1 July, people who are in need and on temporary visas can check their eligibility and apply through foreignnationals.services.govt.nz. The programme will run for three months.
Working with Te Tari Taiwhenua, Department of Internal Affairs, who is managing the New Zealand Government’s Foreign Nationals Impacted by COVID-19 Programme (known by New Zealand Red Cross as ‘Visitor Care Manaaki Manuhiri’), New Zealand Red Cross will deliver in-kind assistance to help foreign nationals meet basic needs, such as food and accommodation.
“We know that this in-kind, individualised, temporary assistance will meet a real and urgent humanitarian need in Aotearoa. These are visitors in our home who we are pleased to work with Te Tari Taiwhenua to provide assistance to quickly, simply and with care,” says Rachel O’Connor, Visitor Care Manaaki Manuhiri Project Lead for New Zealand Red Cross.
Internal Affairs is administering the online system and processing applications. New Zealand Red Cross is delivering the assistance.
New Zealand Red Cross support includes needs assessments, local distribution of in-kind aid, psychosocial support, and engaging the community to ensure that our support is reaching the people who are eligible and most in need.
New Zealand Red Cross believes in humanity and impartiality, and in providing support that is based on need and focused on upholding the dignity of the people we work with. As with everything New Zealand Red Cross does, the support New Zealand Red Cross provides will align with our Fundamental Principles.
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Immigration NZ Update
Due to the current situation around the globe, Immigration New Zealand is regularly updating policies and information about (temporary) NZ visas.
Find the latest policy changes and updates here
Interpreting NZ needs interpreters
Interpreting NZ is looking for people who are fluent in English as well as any of the languages below to train with them as interpreters:
Burmese, Nepali, Hindi, Mandarin, Cantonese, Chin Hakha, Karenni, Kayan, Khmer, Korean, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish.
Training is free of charge and is run over the weekends to avoid conflicting with other commitments.
Our next training will start in early February 2021 - dates to be confirmed - and will take place over 5 weekends, spaced 2 weeks apart.
APPLY HERE
Help for Spanish speakers
Below, you will find a brief description of this article which has been developed for Latin American migrants and refugees who have low English proficiency and the English Speaking advocates of this community.
Title:
Community Gardens: Practice your English while growing vegetables and fruit
(Jardines comunitarios: Cultiva vegetables y frutas practicando tu ingles)
Objective of the article: Promoting the use of community gardens as a tool to increase general well-being, increasing social connection and improving language skills.
We have written this article to promote the use of this resource available in the community to encourage Latin American migrants and refugees to use it, especially those who have developed an identity strongly connected to land and are socially isolated. Also, we encourage the community to participate actively in the community gardens with the aim to build social connections and to practice their English.
By http://mituakiri.co.nz/
Tackling temporary migrant worker exploitation
A $50 million government investment over the next four years will address temporary migrant worker exploitation in the New Zealand workplace.
The changes will reduce the risk of exploitation occurring in the workplace, remove barriers to report exploitation, and improve response systems for helping migrant workers. Employment New Zealand has seen an increase in reports of exploitation occurring during COVID-19.
Changes include establishing a new visa to support migrants to leave exploitative work situations and increasing the number of labour inspectors and immigration investigators to strengthen the enforcement response.
Please read the whole article for more information HERE
