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| Macarthur Advertiser - 30th
September 2009 |
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| Macarthur diversity services in
partnership with Northcott celebrated the end of Ramadan
with a social gathering in Koshigaya Park on Thursday
the 24th of September. The celebration aims to bring
together the Muslim community and the wider community of
Macarthur. |
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| Macarthur Chronicle - 29th September
2009 |
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| Macarthur diversity services celebrated
the end of Ramadan in Koshigaya Park on Thursday the
24th September. Ramadan is a month of fasting and
spiritual reflection, the event allowed Muslim refugees
to feel part of the Macarthur community. |
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| The Diversity Newsletter - Winter
Edition 2009 |
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| Macarthur Diversity Services was
successful in the application for a Community Partners
Program. This program will assist aged people from CALD
backgrounds in accessing aged care services, by
providing information and education, as well as
identifying and removing barriers that CALD clients may
face with Language of information and resources. |
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| Camden Advertiser - September 2009 |
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| MDSI Executive Officer comments on the
critical links between urban development, communities
and food. |
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| August 2009 |
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| The Arabic-speaking community is learning about Sustainable living every Thursday for seven weeks from 10am. The workshops will focus on Energy and water conservation, recycling and waste minimization, sustainable gardening, composting and worm farming. |
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| August 2009 |
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| Women from different countries come together to celebrate their diversity through Craft. The workshops are hosted by MDSI in partnership with Camden Council and allow women to express themselves through various forms of craft activities including; Spinning, Knitting and Sewing. The final products will be exhibited at Camden Civic Centre next May. |
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| The Macarthur Chronicle - August 2009 |
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| MDSI Executive Officer Ms Karin Vasquez along with community facilitator Ms Ann Bianco talks with the Chronicle about their concerns for lack of community infrastructure in the South West Growth Centre |
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| Immigration Newsletter - August 2009 |
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| The Department of Immigration and Citizenship NSW Newsletter, highlighting MDSI's ‘Refugee Camp in Macarthur’, during Refugee Week 2009. The model Refugee Camp was displayed in Mawson Park and promoted a better understanding of how refugees have lived and suffered amazing living conditions throughout the world |
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| Sydney Morning Herald - 22nd August 2009 |
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| Article in Sydney Morning Herald highlighting the Communities for Children Program and MDSI's involvement with our Community Connectors program. The MDSI Community Connectors
program is a very successful program in Ambarvale/Rosemeadow with MDSI workers and volunteers providing much needed help in linking isolated families to events in the area. |
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| The Campbelltown Advertiser - July 2009 |
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"MDSI sincerely thanks our
clients and community members who voted for us in the
recent Local Business Awards. It is an honour to win
this award for the second time in two years. MDSI takes
great pride in providing a quality caring service and we
appreciate that our clients have a way to say thank you
to our team." |
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| The Campbelltown Advertiser - June 2009 |
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| Campbelltown's colourful characters,
environment and cultural diversity were all on display
at Riverfest on Sunday |
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| The Minto Messenger - June 2009 |
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| The Balgladeshi Women's Group recently
celebrated Bengali New Year in Minto.
This group also participated in the Australias Largest Morning Tea to raise money for Cancer Council and raised $1,309.55. Wow! |
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| The Macarthur Chronicle - 28th April 2009 |
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| Over the past three months, more than
100 Rosemeadow and Ambarvale residents have drawn,
painted, embroidered or appliqued their designs on to
quilt squares to mark Harmony Week. |
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| The Macarthur Chronicle - February 2009 |
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| The accolades are continuing to pour in
for one of the Macarthur region's best cricket coaches
who proudly represented NSW at the prestigious Allan
Border Medal last week. |
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| The Macarthur Chronicle - 11th November 2008 |
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| MDSI and Northcott have
opened a new Playgroup in Campbelltown for the Arabic
speaking community. The group meets on Thursday's at the
Jessie Thompson Building in Mawson Park Campbelltown
between 10am and 12 midday. |
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| Macarthur Advertiser - 25 July 2008 |
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| Najla About Halloun MDSI Arabic
Community Support Worker talks to the Macarthur
Advertiser about the MDSI Arabic Women's support group.
The group meets every Thursday at Campbelltown Public
School. hey are in the process of putting a booklet of
stories together about each of the women's life, funded
by MDSI, Campbelltown City Council and Campbelltown
Public school it will be launched later in 2008. |
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| Chrishayesmp.com - July 2008 |
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| Chris Hayes recently launched the
Lorikeets Multicultural Playgroup at Macarthur Square.
The playgroup is operated by Good Beginnings in
partnership with the Macarthur Diversity Services Inc. |
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| The Camden Advertiser -
25th June 2008 |
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| In this article Sana talks
about her experiences throughout her life as a "refugee"
and her contact with others displaced from their country
and cultural backgrounds. This article highlights the
needs to embrace, empathise and empower refugees during
and beyond refugee week |
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| Chrishayesmp.com - 6th June
2008 |
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| Werriwa Member for
parliament Chris Hayes announced MDSI funding for CALD
Youth Worker and Generalise Case Worker for the CALD
community. |
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| Macarthur Advertiser -
16th May 2008 |
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| MDSI staff get together with clients to
support the Cancer Council's Biggest Morning Tea to
raise much needed funds for cancer research. MDSI staff
have been participating in this event every year, this
year it was decided to ask clients to join us. |
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| Macarthur Chronicle - 7 December
2007 |
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| Family Settlement Worker Ms Sana Al
Ahmar talks to the Macarthur Chronicle about the Beating
the Barriers project. The MDSI Art Diversity group came
up with the idea of making three quilts to represent
their feelings about domestic and family violence. The
group was taught techniques of appliqué, embroidery,
design, fabric painting and crazy patchwork as part of
the project. The 3 quilts represent: Problems, Hope and
Solutions. The quilts will be used as part of the 16
days of action against domestic violence in December
2008. |
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| Macarthur Advertiser - 25 October
2007 |
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| MDSI Executive Officer cooks a great
aussie BBQ in Mawson Park Campbelltown to raise
awareness of poverty and to create camaraderie in the
community to fight this social problem. |
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| Macarthur Advertiser - 7th October
2007 |
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| MDSI Executive Officer Ms Karin Vasquez
lead a seminar in Macarthur as part of anti-poverty
week. The anti poverty seminar was provided by MDSI in
partnership with Campbelltown City Council. Visiting
quest speaker human rights commissioner Mr Graeme Innes
said that homelessness, apart from being a sign on
living in poverty was a human rights issue. |
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