About Us

Our Past, Our Present. Our Future, Our VOICE.

VOICE informally began in 1997 in Manila as a small legal aid office (formerly the Representative Office of the Vietnamese Community in Australia) to help the 2,500 stateless Vietnamese refugees in the Philippines. Since then, VOICE, in collaboration with other NGOs and community groups, has helped to resettle almost 2,300 individuals.

VOICE strives to achieve our mission through community empowerment programs. We have full-time staff based in Washington, DC and abroad to advocate and give voice to our mission. In the nation’s capital and abroad, we knock on doors of elected representatives and follow up. On the field, our outreach projects and awareness campaigns provide legal and social assistance to those who cannot speak for themselves.