INDIA NEWS
June 16-30, 2021 - Vol 1, Issue 24
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Domestic and Family Violence event organised in Sunny Bank
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o raise awareness on domestic and family violence, an event was organised at the White House in Sunny Bank on May 29. “As we wrap up the month of May, we would like to give a recap and acknowledge the event about Domestic and Family Violence. On the 29th of May at the White House, we had a great turn up from all our guests who joined us on the day at such a great venue, which was outdoors by the lake. We were happy that everyone was able to comply with the Covid-19 restrictions,” said Mr Ashish Chadha, Relationship Manager, Sunny Bank Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of this event was to raise awareness on Domestic and Family violence and how people can help each other to overcome such a societal issue. “We were so grateful to have such strong individuals to be able to join us and be able to stand together to #saynotodomesticviolence,” said Mr Chadha “We would like to say a huge thanks to our special guest speakers, Annette Hurley, Sonia Hakim, Ashwarya Somal, Fahima Ahmadi, Lema Hamid, Leila Loei, Nasrin Vaziri, MP Shannon Fentiman’s representative who talked upon the issue and gave us great insight and experiences that expressed the seriousness of domestic and family violence. “We would also like to say a huge thanks to our distinguished guests, MP Jim Madden, Habib
Jamal, Galila Abdelsalam, Christine Harman, representative of Dr Kay Danes, Dr Tanya Unni, Aunty Peggy Tidyman, representative of MP Mindy Russell who attended our summit
on that evening. “We would also like to acknowledge other events that Women Empowerment and Leadership has been part of such as conferences, webinars, working
with clients and attending events. This month has been a month full of great achievements on Women Empowerment and leaderships behalf. We want to acknowledge
that the purpose of Women Empowerment and Leadership is to empower individuals to better themselves and to support those who are in need,” Mr Chadha said.
The Salvation Army appeals to multicultural Australians to donate to the Red Shield Appeal 2021 June 8: The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal, the biggest door knock appeal in Australia, is marking its 56th year on 29-30 May 2021 and asking multicultural Australians to give generously to its annual Red Shield Appeal 2021 especially after the devastating impact of COVID-19 in 2020-21. Volunteers will be going door-todoor on 29-30 May 2021 as they raise vitally important funds to support their work around the
country. The Red Shield Appeal aims to raise $32 million this May to fund over 2,000 centres and a suite of essential community services which support people across Australia - including multicultural communities – who are affected by homelessness, financial hardship or family and domestic violence or struggling with addiction amongst others. Last year, The Salvation Army across Australia provided over 1 million sessions of care to those in need, supported more than 40,000 people experiencing homelessness, distributed 1.5 million meals through homelessness services, gave over 43,000 sessions of care to those experiencing family and domestic violence, and handed out almost $100 million worth of financial assistance to people doing it tough. “We cannot do the work that we do without the consistent generosity of multicultural Australians. Generous donations from multicultural Australians help fellow Australians in need
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who are living through bushfires, floods, drought, COVID-19, and tough times,” said Major Bruce Harmer, The Salvation Army Public Relations Secretary. Donations to the appeal are welcome up to 30th June 2021. Leading multicultural marketing agency MultiConnexions is
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partnering with The Salvation Army to raise awareness of The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal among multicultural Australia, with CEO, Sheba Nandkeolyar confident that, ‘multicultural communities look forward to the opportunity to contribute back to Australia
as we have seen through their commitment over the years to The Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal.’ To donate to The Salvation Army’s Red Shield Appeal, or if you need support, visit salvationarmy.org. au or call 13 SALVOS.
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