A Sri Lankan family found community and belonging in Canberra through the Raiders after fleeing civil war.
Read the remarkable story of how a young family from Sri Lanka found a new home in Canberra and a new way to connect to the community through the Canberra Raiders, a connection that now spans 40 years.
By Raiders Member AJ
In 1985, our family arrived in Canberra from Sri Lanka, fleeing a civil war that had ripped our homeland apart. I was three years old when we stepped off that plane, a child too young to understand the weight of our journey. My brother hadn't even been born yet. Our parents carried the weight for us - the trauma of leaving everything behind, and the hope that...