THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 4 Number 10 | July 2014
COMMUNITY
APCO supports ‘Refugee Camp
in my Neighbourhood’
At the launch of the ‘Refugee Camp in my Neighbourhood, a Somalian former refugee is flanked by Dr Cen Amores, APCO Founding President and Cr Le Lam of
Auburn City Council, herself a former refugee.
IT
took six months in the making, 30 agencies and organisations to collaborate
with and 40 refugees to train as tour guides. This is how the ‘Refugee Camp in my
Neighbourhood’ project came about.
A SIMULATED refugee camp
situated in the grounds of Auburn
Centre for Community along
Macquarie Road in Auburn was
launched last month led by Auburn Councillor Le Lam, herself
a former refugee.
The project is a joint community education initiative of
the Auburn community to highlight the personal stories of local
Auburn residents and their jour-
neys to Australia. The exhibition
aims to dispel common myths
about refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and celebrates
the positive contributions of refugees to the community. Tour
participants had the opportunity to meet and engage with people from local refugee communities and organisations that work
with them.
Joining the launch were Dr
Cen Amores and Ruben Amores,
founding president and current
president of APCO respectively.
The week-long exhibition featured several activities that presented the cultures of the countries where most refugees came
from. Activities included cooking classes, film showing, forum
and book reading presented by
Edison yongai, author of ‘No
Name for Refugees’.
Prep for HSC test
THE University of the Philippines Alumni Association of
Australia – New South Wales
Chapter is inviting expressions
of interest for its plan to hold
a Chemistry review course in
Western Sydney during this
month’s school holidays in preparation for the Higher School
Certificate examinations.
The tutorial will be conducted by UP Chemistry graduate,
Christine Paul (PhD). With
more than 10 years teaching
experience both here and overseas, she has been helping students prepare for exams in HSC
Chemistry as well as in the first
year university level. Knowing
which topics a