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Chin Say No to Crime Youth Program
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Chin Say No to Crime Youth Program - a crime prevention
program targeting young people aged 15-30 years from Chin
backgrounds living in the East.
The program will run over 4 days in January (23rd, 24th
and 25th Jan 10.30am-4.30pm and January 28th 1pm-4pm)
and will be held at the Mitcham Baptist Church.
Over the first three days, young people will participate
in a range of crime prevention workshops facilitated by
local service providers including the Eastern Drug and
Alcohol Service, Eastern Community Legal Service, Police,
MIC and TAC trainers, as well as music and dance workshops
and indoor soccer. On the fourth day (Saturday 28th January
2012) participants will participate in a talent contest
- Chin Idol - to showcase their dance and music skills
gained throughout the program. This will be a whole community
event where participants will be encouraged to invite
their friends and families.
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To RSVP or for more information about the project, please
contact Jessica Bishop (Monday to Wednesday) at the MIC
ph: 9285 4888, email: jbishop@miceastmelb.com.au.
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Safe Swimining
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During January 2012 the MIC, in partnership with Life
Saving Victoria, will be holding a number of excursions
to Edithvale Beach. Life Saving Victoria Staff will teach
partipants how to be safe in the water.
The sessions are funded by the Australian Government
Department of Immigration and Citizenship under the Settlement
Grants Program funding program.
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For more information, please contact Judy McDougall on
9285 4888 or Email jmcdougall@miceastmelb.com.au.
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Information Sessions for the Karen Community
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The Migrant Information Centre is facilitating information
sessions for the Karen community to increase their understanding
of services and how they can assist them. Sessions will
be held fortnightly in 2012 commencing Wednesday 8th February.
The sessions will be from 5.00 to 7.00pm at the Ringwood
Uniting Church (corner Bedford Road and Greenwood Avenue
Ringwood)
The sessions are funded by the Australian Government Department
of Immigration and Citizenship under the Settlement Grants
Program funding program.
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For further information, please call Esera Maung on telephone
9285 4888 or Email emaung@miceastmelb.com.au
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"Starting Out with Computers" Program
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The "Starting Out with Computers" Program is
a computer course for people whose first language is not
English. The courses are designed to meet the needs of
participants and increase their computer skills and confidence
to use different computer programs.
Programs currently being offered include: a beginners
course for young people in years 7 and 8 and two intermediate
courses for people from the Karen community and people
from the Zomi community. The Karen and Zomi courses are
taught in English with a bilingual assistant.
All courses are held at the Central Ringwood Community
Centre, Bedford park, Bedford Road, Ringwood. The program
for youth is free and the program for the Karen and Zomi
communities cost $20 per participant.
The program is funded by the City of Maroondah Community
Grants Program.
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For more information, please contact Niquita Meyers on
9285 4888 or Email nmeyers@miceastmelb.com.au.
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Playgroup
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The Migrant Information Centre is facilitating the "Come
and Play" playgroup for newly arrived mothers and
children from refugee and family migration backgrounds.
The aim of the playgroup is to bring isolated mothers
with young children together, enable mothers to understand
how children learn through play and provide a forum for
increasing mother's understanding and access to early
childhood services that are available to them.
The play group will re commence in February 2012.
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For further information or to make a referral, contact
Niquita Meyers on telephone 9285 4888 or Email: nmeyers@miceastmelb.com.au.
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GreenTown Burmese Project
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The Migrant Information Centre is working with Environment
Victoria as part of the Sustainable Living Program funded
by the Victorian Government Sustainability Fund to implement
an environmental education project with the Burmese communities
of Ringwood in 2011/12.
The GreenTown program aims to develop skills and expertise
around environmental issues in multicultural communities.
GreenTown also assists local residents to reduce their
energy bills and achieve reductions in energy use, water
use and waste going to landfill.
A central component of the project involves recruiting
and training local members of Ringwood's Burmese communities
to carry out environmental assessments with local households.
GreenTown assessors will also learn how to deliver community
workshops and presentations.
Assessments usually take about one hour and provide an
opportunity for local households to get tailored information
about how they can make changes around their home. Through
making simple changes and planning for larger changes,
households can save on their bills, make their homes more
comfortable to live in and also help the environment.
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For
further informaiton please contact Rebecca Dunsdon on
9285 4888 or email rdunsdon@miceastmelb.com.au.
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| Cultural
Resources for Service Providers |
The
Cultural Planning Checklist, Cultural Planning Template
and Tips on cultural Planning Help Sheet will assist organisations
to develop and implement their cultural plans to provide
services to clients from culturally diverse backgrounds.
The
following cultural profiles were updated from the 2004
Home and Personal Care Kit to assist aged care workers
in providing culturally sensitive care and effective communication
for their CALD clients: Arabic, Cambodian, Chinese, Dutch,
Greek, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Polish, Sri Lankan,
and Vietnamese.
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| Homework
Support Program |
The
Migrant Information Centre facilitates two homework support
programs for migrant and refugee secondary school students.
Volunteer tutors, specialising in a variety of secondary
school subjects, are at hand to help students. The program
offers assistance with homework, accessing computers and
internet, language difficulties, research assignments,
meeting other students and connecting with other agencies
and support services.
The
programs run weekly during school terms at 4pm to 6pm.
On Tuesdays the program is held at the Croydon library,
Civic Square, Croydon and on Wednesdays at the Knox Library,
Knox City Shopping Centre, Wantirna South.
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| Living
Healthy in Australia Booklet |
The
Migrant Information Centre has a produced a 44 page pictorial
guide to living healthy in Australia. The booklet has
been designed as a guide to assist people living in Australia
lead a healthy lifestyle. This resource is based on foods
readily available in Australia to assist newly arrived
community members as well as the broader community, make
healthy food choices in the Australian context. The resource
or sections of the resource can easily be adapted by professionals
to include cultural foods of individual communities that
also provide healthy food choices. The guide covers a
range of topics including breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks,
dental care, physical activity and much more. The booklet
is available is in Arabic, Chin (Hakha), Chinese, English
and Karen.
A5
copies of the booklet can be order for $3.30 each. Plus
an additional $8.50 for postage of the package. The English
copy of the booklet can be downloaded on the MIC's website
http://www.miceastmelb.com.au/research.htm. Translated
copies of the booklet will be available on the website
from the middle April.
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| Migrant
Settlement Committee |
The
Migrant Settlement Committee (Eastern Region) which is
convened by the Communities Council on Ethnic Issues (Eastern
Region) meets monthly (on the first Friday of the month)
to discuss and identify settlement issues that impact
on newly arrived migrants and refugees settling in the
eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
The
committee has working groups that plan and facilitate
activities for service providers and CALD communities
on employment, family violence, youth issues and refugee
week. As part of the meetings, guest speakers are invited
to make presentations and topics are highlighted for discussion.
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| Youth
Settlement Workers |
The
Migrant Information Centre provides settlement support to
young refugees and migrants aged 12 to 25 years. Tess or
Rankdia can provide individual support and group programs
including homework support groups and outreach services
at Croydon Secondary College, Maroondah Secondary College
and Ringwood Secondary College. |
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