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GLAPD Int. NEWS ( June/July 2014)
Successful Grant application (CRC) GLAPD Int. has the pleasure to share with you the good news!!! The Community Relations Commission (CRC) awarded the Great Lakes Agency for Peace and Development a grant of AU$ 10,000 to run a project designed by GLAPD Int. called “ Ambassadors of Peace for Great Lakes communities”. The main beneficiaries of the project will be youth from the Great Lakes. However, the impact of the project will reach their families, Great Lakes communities as well as the wider Australian community. The major objective will be to promote peace and harmony into Great Lakes Region communities and broader Australian community through creative multicultural activities. The main outcomes of the project will be: bringing together youth from different communities with
background of conflicts, training and gaining new skills in dancing, singing, drama and
poetry within the framework of Peace and Harmony. preventing youth from engaging into crime related activities. educating their parents on the culture of Peace and Harmony. The youth will be ambassadors of Peace in their homes, neighbourhood and even at their schools. Their message will be spread beyond homes and Great lakes Region communities to other communities in Australia through Shows and Performances and it will be further extended to reach people from Great lakes region and other different parts of the world.
Career Development Workshop : 26th July 2014. Poise Coaching & Consulting has partnered with GLAPD Int. to deliver a 6-hour career development workshop. The fee is normally $150 per person. However, due to the partnership, interested participants will only pay $30. Financial assistance is available. If needed. Everyone is welcome to register, however, participants from the Great Lakes region of Africa are encouraged to register for this valuable and instructive workshop. See flyer for more information and contact details for registration.
Address: - PO Box 887 Fairfield NSW 2165 AUSTRALIA
- Suite 4/1 the Crescent Fairfield NSW 2165 Phone: (+61) 2 9723 8865 Email: [email protected] Website: www.glapd.com ABN: 45 154 194 813 Banking details: Acc. Name: GLAPD BSB: 082-429 Acc. No.: 129635779
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Upcoming events
Career Development Workshop :
26th July 2014. Annual General Meeting (AGM):
23rd August 2014.
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Dear GLAPD Int. members and readers of our newsletter, We hope you are all doing great. We sincerely apologise for the delay to release our newsletter as this period has been very busy with the reporting for the financial year 2013-2014 and the submission of grant applications. However, we would like to thank everyone who played and still play a big role in organising, participating and supporting our past and upcoming activities. A lot happened since the last newsletter and GLAPD Int. has the pleas-ure to share with you its news. GLAPD Int., is inviting you to attend and to get involved in the upcom-ing activities .
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GLAPD NEWS Annual General Meeting (AGM) : 23rd August 2014 Apologies for not honouring our promise of holding the AGM before the end of 2013-2014 financial year as announced in our previous newsletter. This was due to several reasons including the reporting period for the end of financial year for our funders and the grant application which were open with close deadlines. As announced previously, financial members will be electing a new board and all the board positions will be open to whoever amongst the members will be able and willing to stand for the positions. Therefore, we are still requesting all the members to ensure whether their membership is still valid or not. Only members with updated and valid membership will be able to vote or run for the positions. We also invite all the new members who have just joined or wish to join the organisation to also make sure their membership fees are deposited in GLAPD Int. account in due time. An email will also be sent to clarify, when is the due date for payment according to the constitution. The date of the AGM and elections of the new board will be the 23rd August 2014. The venue and time will be communicated to you soon. For any questions regarding the AGM, please feel free to contact Emmanuel Musoni at [email protected]. The current GLAPD Int. board looks forward to organising and having open, transparent and trustworthy elections of the new board for the next financial year 2014-2015.
Grants Application GLAPD Int. is in the process of applying for open grant opportunities from the Department of Social Services. These include: Settlement Grant, Diversity and Social Cohesion and capacity building and participation. There is still much work to do and we thank our partners (FMRC, Anglicare and Poise coaching and consulting) who are assisting us in the process. FINGERS CROSSED!!!
Settlement Grants Program The SGP grant has been extended for a period of 6 months up to the 31st December 2014. GLAPD Int. is grateful to the Department of Social Services for the extension to ensure the continua-tion of our programs/activities. To make an appointment with our SGP caseworker, Olive Mukayiranga, please contact her on [email protected] .Olive is in GLAPD office on Wed, Thu, Fri from 9am to 1pm and Saturday mornings from 9-11am.
GLAPD volunteer opportunities You are welcome to join our committed team of volunteers. Your skills, experience and commitment are valuable to us. Areas where volunteers are needed:
Grant application, Administration and office management, Event management, IT: promotional material development such as flyers, brochures,…
If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Nadine at [email protected]
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GLAPD NEWS Past and current activities:
Great Lakes Harmony get-together party (17/05/2014). On the 17th May 2014, GLAPD Int. in partnership with the Great Lakes communities (Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and D.R Congo) held a fantastic get together party for the Great Lakes of Africa communities as well as the Australian community at the Granville Youth and Community Recreation Centre. The day was full of entertainment including music, traditional dances, kids show and fashion show. Communities had the chance to enjoy the richness of Great Lakes region cultures and the traditional food from the Great Lakes of Africa. It was also a great time for networking, meeting new friends and listening to inspirational speeches from the invited dignitaries as well as the Great Lakes community leaders. Cutting cake together was the most symbolic and prophetic action of the day. Once more we would like to appreciate all our volunteers who tirelessly made the event as successful as it was. Special ‘THANK YOU’ to all our sponsors for your financial support: the Community Relations Commission, STARTTS, ANGLICARE, Fairfield City Council, Fairfield Migrant Resource Centre, Global Family Day Care Pty, Ltd and individuals . The Rendez-vous is next year around same period. Please spare some time on your next annual calendar. “ Our neighbour is our opportunity and Unity is our strength”.
Great Lakes community leaders cutting the cake together Hon. Chris Hayes MP (left) was the guest of Honour.
The public carefully following the program (venue) Burundian drummers, one of the performing groups.
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Information sessions for Banyamulenge community in Wollongong (14/06/2014).
On the 14th June 2014, few GLAPD Int. board members and staff went to Wollongong to run two information sessions in order to respond to some issues raised by the Banyamulenge community in Wollongong during a community consultation held by GLAPD Int. on the 16th February 2014. One session was about legal aid for both men and women and the second session was about women’s health. The second session was strictly for women. The legal Aid information session was conducted by Linda Tucker from Illawarra Legal Cen-
tre. Participants turned up in good numbers as expected and the objectives of this session were to raise awareness of the rights of the clients and how community people can access free legal services. Many of the participants had legal issues which dated back in the past and had not been resolved because they (community) were not informed about the legal service procedures.
The information session on women's health was conducted by Annette Health Women's Nurse (CNC). The main objectives of this session were to first raise awareness of cancers in women, family planning and pap smear test. Secondly, how women in Wollongong can ac-cess main stream services.
Both information sessions had positive outcomes because 90% of the attendees found the infor-mation sessions useful and they are looking forward to more educative sessions.
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