Mentor for the Friends Program
Friends of Refugees Inc
- Springvale Victoria
- Category: Migrant Services
- Types of work: Mediation & Advocacy
The volunteer mentor (friend) for the FOR Friends Program meets regularly with a member of FOR who wants to have a friend/mentor. It is expected that a mentor would meet with the allocated member once a week for an hour or once a fortnight for about two hours. The purpose of the meeting is for a friendship to develop whereby the member can look to the mentor for advice, information, support, companionship and understanding as the member negotiates their life in a new country.