The Horn of Africa Relief and Development Agency of Australia promotes active involvement by both the African Australian and mainstream communities. HARDA invites you to attend these events and support our aims and objectives - to support the successful settlement of African refugees in Australia and promote active Australian support for relief and development projects in the Horn of Africa countries.
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Every Mon & Tues @ 10am during school term
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African Men’s Education Program
15 Henley Rd, Homebush West
(2 mins walk from Flemington Station)
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This free program provides men help at all levels with their written and oral English and computer skills. Come join us at HARDA’s premises as a participant or volunteer. More
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26th November 2011 Saturday 5pm |
HARDA Annual General Meeting 15 Henley Road, Homebush West
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Notice of Meeting The Horn of Africa Relief & Development Agency Inc will hold its annual general meeting for 2010-2011 at HARDA's office, 15 Henley Road, Homebush West NSW at 5.00pm on Saturday 26th November. Dr Mahmoud Sheikh, HARDA's overseas aid envoy, will be in Sydney for a short period towards the end of November. He has a very busy schedule but has indicated that he would be able to attend at 6.00pm and report to the meeting on the HARDA projects conducted during the past fifteen months. I have also asked Abdimalik Osman to present a report on his recent trip to Northern Kenya to accompany WARDA personnel on their most recent HARDA-MAA emergency food distribution. John Cornwall President |
RECENT EVENTS
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HARDA's 2010 Cultural Night
Sat 25th June, Granville Town Hall
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About 200 people attended this year’s cultural night on June 25, 2011, allowing the Horn of Africa (HoA) countries to get together to showcase and celebrate their cultural heritage with the wider Australian community. The event was organised in liaison with HAYAA, the youth arm of HARDA.
As well as representatives from the HoA communities, attendees were from other African communities as well as from the wider Australian community. These included Barbara Perry MP, (Member for Auburn and Shadow Minister for Family & Community Services amongst other things), who is a great supporter of HARDA and opened the night with some kind words.
Speeches were brief with John Cornwall, President of HARDA, giving a run down of the year’s activities and achievements by video due to illness. Highlights included a very successful year with our international aid programs, with a dvd shown of one, the cataract project in Northern Kenya. This brought a tear to many an eye when attendees saw a grandmother see her grandkids for the first time!
Abdimalik Osman, President of HAYAA, showed a HAYAA dvd and spoke about HAYAA aims, objectives and year’s highlights, including their recent report, Our Voices United, African Youth Speak, which has sparked a lot of interest in Government circles.
The emphasis of the night was on fun, with an abundance of food and an extensive program of entertainment. The wonderful array of delicious Horn of African traditional foods served were produced by members from the Horn of Africa communities and much enjoyed by attendees.
The entertainment included a couple of very talented African singers, cultural dance groups from Sudan and Eritrea, a number of fun dance groups including a rap group and of course, one of the favourites of the night , the drumming maestros. As in prior years they brought the place alive with their rousing drumming performance and an interactive audience drumming experience, where the audience was equipped with drums and taught drumming skills, which everyone took to with with great energy and gusto.
Kudzi Maforimbo from HAYYA compered the evening, kept things under control with great humour and got everyone up and dancing to finish up a great evening.
Our heartfelt thanks to the Hills Holroyd Parramatta Multicultural Resource Centre, NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre, ACL Navitas, STARTTS and NSW Community Relations Commission, for funding this free community event. Also many thanks to all those wonderful cooks for providing such a stunning array of Horn of African foods, and to the amazing entertainment provided by all the entertainers.
All in all the night was a great success and the smiles on everyone’s faces told the story.
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"Have your voice!" youth Conference Sat 26th & Sun 27 Nov 2010 Y-Hotel, Sydney |
HAYAA held its first 2 day Youth Conference for young Africans aged 18 to 29, providing a forum for them to discuss the issues affecting African youth. This event allowed young Africans to meet, get to know each other and raise their voice about issues important to them.Accomodation, dinner and entertainment was provided by HAYAA. A full report on this conference, Our Voices United, African Youth Speak, was released on April 7, 2011. |
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Family Wellbeing day
'Building resilience - good friends help us bounce back'.
30th Oct 2010
Auburn Park
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Good friends help us to bounce back
Many families from the Horn of Africa countries came to Sydney’s Auburn Park on the last Saturday in October to celebrate their cultural diversity and join with HARDA and the NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre to promote mental health and well being in their communities.
Organisations and service providers in Western Sydney who joined with us on the day included the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)), the Auburn Cultural Diversity Network, the Auburn youth Centre, the Hills Holroyd Parramatta MRC and Red Cross. Information about mental health services and how to access them was distributed in several languages from information booths around the picnic ground.
Our special guest was the NSW Minister for Health (Mental Health) Barbara Perry, who was thanked by HARDA’s President John Cornwall for ‘the support, commitment and wisdom which she always gives so generously to HARDA’.
There was a jumping castle for the kids, hip hop, face painting, and a drumming workshop. The big hit of the day was the soccer workshop and motivational session for the boys conducted by internationals David Zdrilic, currently coach of Sydney United, and Craig Foster, Chief Football Analyst at SBS.
The free barbecue was a huge success and up to a dozen volunteers were kept busy for more than two hours serving the yummy marinated chicken kebabs, sausages, onions and sauce.
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24th July, 2010
HARDA/ Muslim Students Assoc Youth Careers & Employment Expo; AuburnTown Hall
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A most successful career day was held on Saturday, attended by more than 700 people, which was a tribute to the organisers hard work in getting the word out about all the great advice and help on offer on the day. Students, parents, exhibitors, volunteers and other guests all seemed to enjoy and benefit from the day. When the doors opened at 10am, there were over 100 people waiting to come in and they continued to stream in all day. Indeed the majority of the time, it was pretty much standing room only. It was inspiring to see the really diverse range of students attending, seeking genuine career advice, taking advantage of the free resumes and mock interviews on offer.
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HARDA celebrates Harmony Day with Hazem;
Date: March 20, 2010
