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International Mother Language Day
Afghan Peace Foundation after many weeks of preparation, successfully held the “International Mother Language Day” for the second time within the Afghan Community in Sydney on 21st of February at the Ambassador Reception.
APF holds the international Mother Language day annually to promote awareness of language, cultural diversity, multilingualism, equality and to preserve the afghan cultural heritage and linguistic diversity. This year the program was ticketed to raise fund to rebuild a school in Afghanistan and APF raised $3,956.00 from this program. The room was filled by different afghan ethnics, (Hazara, Pashtoon, Tajik, Herati, Turkmani, Baluchi,) and communities, such as Afghan, Indian, Pakistani, Nepali, and Australian on the day.
The ceremony started with Afghanistan National Anthem, followed by Australia National Anthem staged by Pakistani Singer Mehreen Javad. APF were privileged by presence of Miss Beauty Australia Miss Kerryanne Peterson to congratulate the guests on the “International Mother Language Day” and to introduce Tahera Nassrat the host of this program. They also were flattered by the well- known guests of honour Mr. Omid Nizami (TV Host), Miss Kerryanne Peterson (Miss face of beauty), Miss Brielle Streater (Miss Australia winner 2018) and TV personality, Miss India Australia Simron Gulati.
The program overall contained guest of honours, remarkable speakers in different languages of Afghanistan, catwalk by international models, live music by international singers, such as Afghan, Indian and Pakistani, traditional clothes, traditional dance (Atan) and Afghan cuisine. The program was sponsored by many remarkable businesses in Australia.
Farewell & Reception to Smt. Ratnamala Sarma and Shri Gitesh Sarma, High Commissioner of India to Australia was organised by Shri Manish Gupta, Consulate General of India, Sydney at Swami Vivekananda Culture Centre, Sydney on 12 March 2021.
“Coinciding with launch of India@75 celebrations, “India Connect” – A CGI, Sydney newsletter was released on 12 March 2021.”
