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The Arbour Women's Services Newsletter October 2012
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Migrant & Refugee
Woman of the
Year Awards This month the Migrants’ Right
Network has launched the 2013
Migrant and Refugee Woman of the
Year Awards.
The Awards recognise and
celebrate women who having
migrated or fled persecution
themselves, find time to provide
essential support and inspiring
leadership at a grassroots level to
others starting a new life in the UK.
In 2012, three exceptional women
were recognised – Nazek
Ramadan, Luljeta Nuzi and Clara
Osagiede – and this year the
awards have expanded to cover two
categories, Migrant and Refugee
Woman of the Year & Young
Migrant and Refugee Woman of the
Year.
Eid Mubarak! Eid got underway here at The
Arbour with a celebration as tasty as
it was joyful. With food brought from
home, the women of the Mentoring
& Social Inclusion Project, both
mentors and menteers brought a
truly global spread to the table.
The highly intricate, and equally
difficult to master, mehndi was also
on show. The Arbour is now
adorned with pattern!
…Mentoring makes the news BBC Asian Network interviews mentor & mentee
match, Victoria & Mazeda
‘Standing in the queue at a coffee
shop in Mile End in East London,
Mazeda Chowdhury looks somewhat
apprehensive about the upcoming
order. Until a few months ago the 21-
year-old from Bangladesh had never
ordered herself a drink, her husband
would always do it for her’
Inspired by the work we do here at
The Arbour, BBC Asian Network
stopped by to meet Mazeda
Chowdhury and the woman who has
helped her gain independence and
confidence in London, Victoria Briggs.
The article, entitled ‘London project
gives immigrants lessons in being
British’, highlights that beyond the
learning of English, the projects run
by The Arbour are about becoming
part of Britain.
Learning how to get by in the UK
begins with the basics of learning
how to use the tube network but it is
through introducing women to the
history, institutions, cultural life and
fundamental norms and values of
British society that we enable them
to become a true part of it.
Read the full article at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20004975
The Arbour News October 2012
Read our Annual & Quarterly Reports at
http://issuu.com/thearbour
Quarterly Report
July – September 2012 Annual Report
July 2011 - June 2012
Our Projects
The official launch of Connecting Mums
The Empowerment & Leadership Project:
How we’re building leaders in your local
community
Our Events
It’s Halloween!
Let the Christmas Carols commence! The
Arbour’s Carollers need some practice…
& Elsewhere
The Migrants Rights Network launches its
campaign for International Migrants Day:
http://our-day.org
Next month… The Arbour Reports...
The British Museum is beautiful, we
were excited as we saw many
people, so much noise! We saw so
many things, pictures, books, coins,
rings, pipes and maps
We looked at a famous map called
London ‘The Long View’. I found
this very interesting because I learnt
that it was handmade by sewing in
cotton. I learnt about how life was
400 years ago from pictures of
London City
During medieval times rich people
liked to wear famous clothes… we
saw a jacket owned by a very rich
man made by weaving decoration,
covered in people playing games
each different and it looks like a tree
In
their
own
words…
The British Museum
welcomes the world…
English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) is the backbone of everything we do here at The Arbour Women’s Services and expanding women’s minds is top of the agenda. The acoustics and vibrancy of the British Museum has the power to make many speechless but the women who visited the ‘Shakespeare – Staging the World’ exhibition last week found plenty to talk about.
The exhibition provides a unique insight into the emerging role of London as a world city, seen through the innovative perspective of Shakespeare’s plays as they provided the residents of England with a window to the world. The intricacy and beautiful craftsmanship of the clothing and theatrical pieces on display were truly appreciated and coveted by the class. But it was the portraits of Queen Elizabeth I that drew the most admiring glances as the power of a woman who ruled the world - even without a husband – provided novelty, if not a little inspiration.
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