Our clients are more than refugees and asylum seekers – they are Australia’s next entrepreneurs. When they reach our country’s shores, they bring with them a wealth of experience, skills, innovative ideas and the motivation to build fulfilling lives and livelihoods in a safe country. We, at Thrive, help them live their dreams, become financially independent and contribute to Australia’s economy and community.
Education and Training1
Be Taught Driving School
Kinan Al Halabi
0490247255
New South Wales (NSW)
Cleaning Services01
Food and Catering07
Interpretation Services01
Professional Services01
Trades and Construction19
Thrive supports refugees and asylum seekers who are motivated to become financially independent, with microfinance loans and mentoring for their new or existing businesses. You can contribute too by chossing to employ a Thrive supported business or entrepreneur.
Thrive Refugee Enterprise (“Thrive”), a not for profit organisation that provides small loans and business support to refugees, will mark Refugee Week by showcasing its success stories across two events in Melbourne and Sydney called Thriving: A Showcase of Refugee Owned Businesses.
While it's easy for some in Australia to be approved for a credit card or loan, many new arrivals are met with challenges.
Darwich Sido’s new shop in Jesmond is much more than a business opportunity. It’s the mending of a seam that runs between Mr Sido’s life in Newcastle and his former life in the city of Aleppo, Syria, from which his family were forced to flee in 2012.
Thrive is a not-for-profit organisation that provides small business loans to people with asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds enabling them to start their own businesses.
