As the End of Financial Year approaches, we invite you to stand alongside some of the world's most vulnerable people.
We are a registered Charity and your donations are tax-deductible. Your donation will help provide shelter, medical care, hygiene supplies, mental health support, and hope to families living through the ongoing crisis in Thai-Myanmar border areas.
Every dollar matters. Every act of kindness matters. And every person deserves to know they have not been forgotten.
Your donation is tax-deductible, and we appreciate your kindness!
We supported Htwar Meh with medication for her pneumonia, when the health clinic had limited supplies.
With your donations, we supported No Meh with a bag of rice and oil that will keep her family fed for a month.
Families living along the Myanmar border and in refugee and displacement camps face daily challenges caused by ongoing conflict, with many lacking shelter, healthcare, food security, and other basic necessities.
At Next Door Refugee Foundation, we work directly with trusted local partners to provide practical aid, medical support, and mental health and wellbeing programs, ensuring donations reach those who need them most.
By combining material aid with compassionate mental health support, we build trusted relationships, foster resilience, and walk alongside communities as they recover from trauma and loss.
This EOFY, your support can help children like the young girl in this campaign who urgently needs treatment for eye cancer, while also bringing hope, dignity, and compassion to thousands of others affected by displacement.
$25 can provide essential hygiene items for a displaced family to prevent disease and poor health.
$75 can contribute to medical supplies used by medics helping emergency needs for an injured or unwell person.
$150 can provide several tarpaulin shelters before the monsoon rains arrive.
$500 can provide essential medicines for the most vulnerable refugees who have little access to medication.
Mental health support Thai-Myanmar Border 2026
In May 2026, we supported communities on the Thai–Myanmar border through a range of humanitarian and community development initiatives.
This year, we provided practical support to vulnerable communities along the Thai–Myanmar border through livelihood, wellbeing, humanitarian, and medical programs.
Our sewing program helped vulnerable adolescents learn skills they can use to generate income, while our mental health and wellbeing workshops strengthened resilience, hope, and community connection.
We also distributed hygiene packs to more than 1,000 refugees and displaced people, supported 50 newly displaced individuals and families with essential household items and shelter materials, and provided vital medical supplies to medics and health clinics caring for people affected by conflict.
Karenni Bags: $25
Cushions: $25 each or 2 or $45
Please pay through the ‘donate’ button and leave a message for the description (eg red Karenni bag) and your phone number, address or FB profile and we can post it to you (postage please add $5.00 more) in Australia.
Cushions for Sale
We are selling Cushions that have been handmade by our Refugee community here in Melbourne - these can be purchased from 10 Bridge St, Werribee or at our next fundraiser at Karenni National Day at 1-9 Cox Road Geelong on Saturday 27 June 12pm-5pm.
We will be selling these beautiful cushions, bags and much more at Karenni National Day on 27 June at 1-9 Cox Road, Geelong.
Next Door Refugee Foundation is a registered Charity based in Melbourne.
Here, the Karen and Karenni refugees from Myanmar bring to life their creativity, make connections and display amazing resilience.
Our mission is to foster a true sense of belonging for Karen and Karenni refugees who have fled the conflict in Myanmar. Through creative expression, cultural preservation, and meaningful community connection, we support them as they rebuild their lives, honour their heritage, and find healing and hope in their new home.
The refugees we support grew up in the hills and jungles of Myanmar, where life was closely connected to the land and traditional skills such as farming, weaving, woodworking, and foraging. Forced displacement and conflict separated them from their homes, communities, and way of life, leaving many feeling disconnected from the knowledge and roles that once gave them purpose.
Through our program, participants have the opportunity to reconnect with these skills, share their knowledge, and contribute meaningfully to their new communities in Australia. In doing so, they build confidence, strengthen social connections, and rediscover a sense of purpose, belonging, and hope for the future.
Karen and Karenni refugees meeting for a craft and art group each week, for wellbeing, connection and exploring creativity.
The Next Door Refugee Foundation provides a therapeutic environment for Karen and Karenni refugees in Australia to participate in various forms of art, craft, woodwork, weaving and gardening.
These products are then sold to assist with funding for essential services within the refugee camps along the Thai/Myanmar border.
Together we can help those who are less fortunate with essential services and immediate need.
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