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PAWANEWS
REMEMBRANCE DAY on 29th
APRIL 2012: SAVE THE DATE
The month of April holds a special significance for both Australians and Pakistanis. While 25th April marks the
ANZAC Day, 30th
April is the day when Paksitani nation remembers its armed personnels who have sacrificed
their lives to protect their homeland.
We are planning to hold a rememberance day event on Sunday, the 29 th April, 2012 (venue to be confirmed)
and are in receipt of resources, thanks to Inter Services Public Relations. Any suggestions to make this day aspecial day are welcome. Please save the date.
Pakistan Day Meet and Greet on 23rd
March
2012
Thank you very much to all the friends who attended the event. We
acknowledge the support from Australian Asian Association to arrange this
event and specially Manil de Mel and Rahim Ghauri to personally take
interest in arranging this program. We also acknowledge the support from
Community Partnership Program and will include photographs in our next newsletter. We also apologise for
inconvenience caused to patrons who called us a couple of days before the event and were not
accommodated because of the limited number in the venue.
UPDATE ON SCREENING PAKISTANI MOVIE: RAMCHAND PAKISTANI
The movie is currently under review for classification and its suitability to be screened on Perth mega screen
for general audience. As soon we receive a decision from the organisers members will be updated.
PAKISTAN ASSOCIATION OF CURTIN STUDENTS
PACS is organising a movie event on 6th
April at Curtin University. The tickets are 5$ each. Please support the
group under the leadership of Adil who is the new president of the group.
FRIDAY PRAYERS IN FREMANTLE
Jumma in Fremantle (organized by Moulana Feizal). Expected time is 1:40 Namaz and probably 30 min of
Khutba beforehand. It is in a side hall at St. Pauls Anglican Church: 162 Hampton Road, Beaconsfeild (South
Fremantle). Please spread this to your circle of friends.
PAKISTANIS IN AUSTRALIAA N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E C O M M U N I T Y , F O R T H E C O M M U N I T Y A N D B Y T H E C O M M U N I T Y
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Dr. Zarrin S Siddiqui, 46 Kanangra Crs. Greenwood, WA 6024, Australia Ph: 0434841705, Email:[email protected]
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CALD YOUTH FESTIVAL: 3rd
APRIL 2012
Belmont City College (BCC) together with Canning Coalition present GLOBAL VILLAGE, on Tuesday 3rd April
2012, from 10.00 - 2.00pm at the Belmont Youth Centre (TRAINING ROOM) on 275 Abernethy Road, Belmont.
Young CaLD representatives 25 years or under are encouraged to participate in this event by representing
their country / culture and speaking about their experiences. Good oracy skills are essential (at least Cert 2.2
English level) and the ability to speak in front of a large audience would be ideal. A wide range of nationalities
/ cultures are required to present a diverse overview of the needs of CaLD youth.
ACTIVE LIVING 101: Activating Places and People
Broaden your understanding of the active living agenda and how it relates to your
work.
Active living 101 is a free community event. Anyone wanting to know more about
the active living agenda and how they can benefit from embedding the active living
principles can attend the event with prior registration.
EMPLOYMNT OPPORTUNITIES
Advertisement Administration Support Officer Part Time Womens Health and Family Services (WHFS)
Corporate Services at Womens Health and Family Services is looking for an exceptionally organised woman*
who likes working with computers and people. The successful candidate will have great communication skills
as she will be liaising with WHFS IT service provider and staff to organise IT maintenance, repairs, equipmentand supplies for a busy not for profit agency. The successful candidate will be patient and like helping people
with IT queries as she will be inducting new staff into the WHFS IT system and also helping staff, students and
volunteers with queries about Word and Outlook.
For further information including the selection criteria contact Susan Lee [email protected] check the
Womens Health and Family Services website onwww.whfs.org.au
COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS
Building and Construction Industry: 16th April 2012 at City West Reception,45 Palistowe Mews, West Perth
The Australian Government is undertaking consultations about the key issues and
challenges which face people of culturally diverse backgrounds who work in the
building and construction industry. If you work in this industry, or have a story
about it, please attend the consultation. Register by April 12th,
at 02 87527688.
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NEW CAMPAIGN
The Heart Foundations Smarter than Smoking Project has launched a new media campaign - Future In Your
Hands. The new campaign urges teenagers to make a positive choice not to smoke and will air on television
starting on Sunday 11 March through until 13 May.
The campaign will use a 30 and 15 second television advertisement as well as online activity and engagement
via popular social media channels.
A feature of the campaign is a dedicated websitewww.futureinyourhands.com.au - you can view the 30 sec
ad here.
PAKISTAN AUSTRALIA FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION
(PAFA)
Congratulations to Mr. Ali Khurram and his team for starting their
own radio program on 98.3 FM every Friday at 9 pm. PAFA is an
active organisation in Canberra and has asked the community
members to volunteer and be part of the PAFA Radio program.
TRANSCULTURAL COMPETENCY AND MENTAL HEALTH
The 10thLets talk culture seminar celebrates the commencement of the statewide
implementation of the National Cutural Competency Tool(NCCT) to improve mental
health care for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Date: 12th April 2012
Time : 1.30 4.30 pm
Venue; Thetrette, Department of Health, 189 Royal Street, East Perth
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ENDNOTE:
GET WELL WISHES FOR SURESH RAJAN
On behalf of Pakistani community, we wish to send our get well wishes to Suresh Rajan, Ex-President of Ethnic
Communities Council of WA who has been lately unwell. Suresh Rajan has always been very supportive of the
communities group and has always extended his support whenever required.
This is a fortnightly newsletter to keep community informed of whats happening in Australia with a special focus on
Western Australia at this time. We also acknowledge that this newsletter is disseminated from Noongar land. Feel
free to contribute any news that may be of interest to community or to disseminate it among your networks. The
earlier issues can be accessed through our Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/pakistanisinaustralia
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