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We're yarning for a good time! 🧶😂 Recently,

We're yarning for a good time! 🧶😂

Recently, we took our Foundation Skills student to Fabrik Art + Heritage in Lobethal for a community crafting session 🤗 Through their craft, delicious food and conversation, our English language learners were able to connect with local ladies and fellow crafters seamlessly 😄😄

It was also an amazing opportunity for our students to show off their art! One of our students, Fatemah, was especially happy to show everyone her intricate embroidered work; everyone wanted to learn how to do it 🤩 We were happy to see other students practicing their knitting skills and making conversations with other ladies working on their projects 🪡

We can’t wait to come back for more crafting 👀

It’s never too late for an Eid Lunch 🥗 We too

It’s never too late for an Eid Lunch 🥗
We took our CHSP Seniors for a lunch gathering at the amazing Silk Road Restaurant! The buzz and excitement of being able to meet up with friends after a month of fasting was immeasurable 🤩 🤩Our seniors were treated to sumptuous Uyghur cuisine of Lamb Polo Rice, cucumber and tofu salad, chicken with flat noodle, soup dumplings and traditional Uyghur bread with braised tender lamb ribs 🤤🤤

As usual, we held a quick brainteaser game at the end with our seniors competing against each other. It was a flurry of activity that left everyone full and happy 😊

Thank you to Silk Road Uyghur Restaurant for hosting our rowdy seniors outside opening hours! We appreciate your hospitality and generosity of providing free flow of tea to the seniors throughout the lunch 🤗

It was a pleasure holding yet another Cross-Cultur

It was a pleasure holding yet another Cross-Cultural training workshop for the students of Rostrevor College at Masjid Abu Bakr Assiddiq (Wandana Mosque) 🕌

Sr. Flora Chanisheff led the workshop with discussions about Islam and Muslims, which was followed by a Q&A session and a tour around the mosque 🤩🤩 Our workshops aim to create a comfortable environment for the students to ask questions not only to expand their knowledge, but to clear any misconceptions they might have. We hope we were able to help the students leave with a better perspective and an open mind! 🤗

Big thank you to Wandana Mosque for hosting and allowing us to use this space! Thank you also to the students from Rostrevor College for participating 🙆

ℹ️ If you are interested in arranging a Cross-Cultural session for your school or workplace, contact admin@mwasa.org.au.

MWASA will always be an advocator for women’s ri

MWASA will always be an advocator for women’s rights and safety, and it is our job to remind all women that they deserve it 💪

Recently, we held an orientation on personal safety and Australian law for our SETS women! There was a particular focus on understanding your legal rights and knowing when and how to consult the right organisations in times of need 🤗

We invited speakers from Red Cross and Women’s Legal Services SA to come in and share information with our clients on the type of support that is available to them, such as financial help up to $3,000, in the scenario of issues related to immigration status, divorce, protection and others 👩🏽‍💻

Thank you to Alia Lovecraft from Red Cross and Alexandra Psarras from Women’s Legal Services SA for the informative session 🙏🏽We appreciate your efforts in providing a safety net and helping our participants feel more relaxed 🙆🏾‍♀️

We can all agree that the language of food is supe

We can all agree that the language of food is superior! 🍜

Being in the kitchen is a common language understood by many, which makes it the perfect learning environment! Our ‘Learning English through Cooking’ program 🍳 is an excellent opportunity for women to share and learn recipes, practice English-speaking and reconnect to their interests with friends 🤗🤗

The program focuses on providing participants with a valuable culinary experience 🍴 We encourage our ladies to work towards attaining their Food Safety certification 🧾 with the help of volunteer tutors Kathryn Lucas from the Australian Red Cross and Joudi Moukadem from MWASA.

‘Learning English Through Cooking’ is a program for women who want to learn conversational English and have a love for cooking🥰😋 This program mixes traditional English classes with hands-on learning through cooking!

Keep your eyes peeled for our student’s preparation for a food demonstration for Refugee Week!

🕑 Classes are held every Wednesday at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church from 11:00AM to 1:00PM. Registration is essential for attendance.

To celebrate the month of Eid, we held a small sha

To celebrate the month of Eid, we held a small shared lunch in appreciation for the efforts our staff members put in during the fasting month🍲 We used this time to celebrate and acknowledge the diversity of our community, as well as bond with each other 🤗

As expected, we had a feast prepared for our staff 🤩 We had special Syrian cuisine prepared by our ‘Learning English through Cooking’ 🍳 student! We also had some Afghan food and dessert prepared by our staff member, Maria 😍 We send our thanks for the wonderful spread; we loved everything!

It’s ‘sew’ good to be creative! 💁‍♀️

Our SETS women are incredibly talented, and many of them are full of creative ideas. This year, MWASA is introducing community sewing sessions where clients can come to sew and create anything they wanted 🤩🥳 It’s wonderful to see participants reconnect with their interest with friends and gather as a community 💕

Besides free-hand sewing 🪡, MWASA also provides the opportunity to learn new sewing skills with the help of an experienced tailor. Recently, our clients learnt about and how to make their own bodice pattern ✂️✂️

Sew-It-Your-Way is a new program MWASA is introducing to our SETS women 🤗 Our program mixes traditional English classes with hands-on learning through sewing! This way, we can encourage clients to practice their English vocabulary while creating beautiful garments ✨
Drop by MWASA during opening hours on any Wednesday to join the community!

Our CHSP seniors were keen to visit the major heri

Our CHSP seniors were keen to visit the major heritage building 🏛️ that housed the two art connoisseurs, Ursula and Bill Hayward, in Carrick Hill 🌄

It was a lovely day for a drive down to Carrick Hill, especially with the warm sunshine and light autumn breeze 🍃 The combination of perfect weather and the excitement of exploring someplace nice is always a sign of a good day to come 🤗 Once there, we were instantly amazed by the spectacular views overlooking the Gulf St Vincent from the hill! The seniors spent ages admiring the English manor-style home filled with artworks 🤩🤩

Lunch break by the formal gardens had been a treat as there was a stunning view from the lawn terraces to the city 🏙️ and coast 🏖️ of Adelaide! We ended the day with a stroll along the formal garden to enjoy the last of the great weather and scenery 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

We can’t wait to visit more historical grounds with the CHSP seniors 😄

While the sun was still out, we seized the opportu

While the sun was still out, we seized the opportunity to take the seniors for a picnic at Glenelg Beach ☀️🏖️ A day out breathing in fresh air and looking over a gorgeous view can never go wrong!

The seniors had a a great fun and adventure riding the Skyline Ferris Wheel 🎡 Being 35 metres above ground, they were able to experience the spectacular view of the Glenelg coastline and Moseley Beach Square 😍

The seniors who decided that they preferred having their feet on the ground instead enjoyed a walk along the beach or shopping down Jetty Road 😂

A trip to the beach just wasn’t complete with eating fish and chips! 🐟

Stroke is among Australia’s biggest killers and

Stroke is among Australia’s biggest killers and is a leading cause for disability in people; and it can happen to anyone. However, more than 80% of strokes can be prevented 🧑‍⚕️

Guest speaker, Mariah Kambanaros from Stroke Foundation Australia, shared with our CHSP seniors about stroke, how it happens, the symptoms and what to do when it happens. Above all, Mariah stressed that everyone should take charge of their own health and make the effort to live a healthy lifestyle 🥑🥕🍅🏃‍♀️

Thank you Mariah for shedding light on the matter, our seniors are very much informed now!

Managing your household energy, gas and water can

Managing your household energy, gas and water can be difficult and confusing. In collaboration with Uniting Communities, we held a workshop on bills and budgeting for our SETS ladies 💵💵

The information session educates our ladies about available concessions, reading meters and energy bills, getting better deals and negotiating bill payments 🧾 They were also advised on how to budget and save; whether it's through budgeting or earning benefits from concessions 🤩🤩

Towards the end, participants were given analysis of their utility bills, and this has given them an insight into their energy usage and help find opportunities to reduce their energy bills 😊

Thank you to Saira Akhtar from Uniting Communities for the session; our ladies are more thrifty with their budget now 🤗

We had a great #HarmonyWeek 🧡 Last week at MWAS

We had a great #HarmonyWeek 🧡 Last week at MWASA we celebrated inclusiveness, respect for different cultures, a sense of belonging for everyone 🌎 We had ladies from different backgrounds come together for lunch and activities this week to celebrate 🎉🎉

We couldn’t have a celebration without food, and our ladies had brought plenty 😍

Our diverse and multicultural society is a treasure that we must celebrate; it is important to remember that #everyonebelongs, despite our differences 🤗

We visited the Art Gallery of SA🏛️with our Fo

We visited the Art Gallery of SA🏛️with our Foundation Skills students for a lesson! This time, the students were given a private tour through the Islamic collection exhibition by a gallery guide 😲

The exhibition displayed Islamic art from across the centuries and the world, extending from Morocco to Australia 🌎 Our students had a particular focus on the Mosque glass lamp 🕌 made sometime between 1875 – 1950 as they had been learning about it in their lessons.

The excursion was filled with questions and chatter; it was great to see the students confidently converse in English with others 🤗🤗

We love to see smiles on your faces 😁 In colla

We love to see smiles on your faces 😁

In collaboration with Adelaide Dental School, MWASA held an informative session for our SETS ladies on oral health. We had dentistry students come in to teach participants about their and their children’s oral health! 🦷🪥✨ Our guest students had advised and given tips (as well as goodie bags) to keep their smile perfect.

Thank you to the students from Adelaide Dental School for your efforts in educating our ladies; it was very enjoyable and they learnt a lot! 🙆🙆

We’re always up for new sights and adventures wi

We’re always up for new sights and adventures with the CHSP Seniors! 🧗‍♀️

Visiting the Gorge Wildlife Park 🏞️ with the seniors was a wonderful experience, and the warm Spring weather played a huge part! 🍃 We spent a lot of time interacting with the native animals and even got to pet the wallabies and koalas 🐨 We’ve got the pictures to prove it too!

The day ended on a high note with a picnic under the shade of the gazebo surrounded by nature and animals ☀️ Seeing the seniors in high spirits was incredibly gratifying, so we can’t wait till our next adventure together 🤗

The trip to the Art Gallery inspired our Foundatio

The trip to the Art Gallery inspired our Foundation Skills English students to visit the family home of artists Nora and Hans Heyson, The Cedars, in Handorf 🌄

It was a lovely day for a drive through the Adelaide Hills, the excellent weather and warm sunshine 🌞 made the perfect trip for visiting too. The students had an amazing time touring the art studio, gardens and family home 🏡 The experience gave the students the chance to connect with the gorgeous art and practice their English 😃 They had no qualms about asking the tour guide questions and talking about the artwork on display!

Both tutors and students alike had a great time on this trip outside the classroom 🤗 We're excited to provide more learning opportunities like this for our students in the future 👀

Last month, we took our class of Foundation Skills

Last month, we took our class of Foundation Skills English students to the Art Gallery of South Australia 🏛 We had a look at the art on display by local artists, Nora Heyson and her father, Hans Heyson. The students were very excited to be able to see their paintings up close as they had been talking about both famous painters during class 🖼

The visit had inspired us to visit the painters' family home in Handorf, so we planned for a visit for the next class outing! 👀

Our seniors had a ball playing mini-golf! ⛳ We

Our seniors had a ball playing mini-golf! ⛳

We took our seniors to the Weat Beach Mini-Golf course to enjoy a day outside under the warm sunshine🌞 It was an exciting experience for our seniors who was eager to return to the golf course after the fun time they had the last visit!

This time, the seniors enjoyed a friendly competition among themselves! 👏 They spent an equal amount of time posing and snapping pictures with the amusing statues! 📷

We spent some time after at Henley beach ⛱ and strolling along the jetty while enjoying the ocean breeze. Our seniors were also very happy to sit and enjoy their lunches while enjoying the ocean view.

We're excited to hold more events for our Muslim seniors in the future! 😃

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Earlier this month, we took our CHSP seniors to a

Earlier this month, we took our CHSP seniors to a trip to visit the South Australian Museum! 🏛️ The warm springtime weather was perfect for the seniors to take a leisure stroll to the museum from Victoria Square. ☀️🚶🏾‍♀️

It was an exciting tour for the seniors, and a quite a shock for some who had never visited the SA Museum before! We managed to explore all the exhibitions available, except for the Ancient Egypt gallery which some of our seniors found too scary! 😂😂 Our seniors were particularly amazed by the real life exhibits and were so very eager to learn more about them. 📕

We also treated the seniors to lunch the Good Social Café afterwards. ☕The delicious food and the charming atmosphere of the café was perfect for catching up or just relaxing after a morning of walking.

Can’t wait for the next outing with our seniors! 😄😄

It was wonderful hosting a Cross-Cultural workshop

It was wonderful hosting a Cross-Cultural workshop for the students of Tatachilla Lutheran College at Marion Mosque for our Unity in Diversity program 🌏

MWASA’s Cross-Cultural Educator, Sr. Flora Chanisheff, had discussed the topic of Islam and Muslims, and held a Q&A session regarding common misconceptions. We even had some students from Pinnacle College to come in and sit with the students of Tatachilla 👨🏽‍🎓👩🏿‍🎓 They aided Sr Flora with answering questions from the students of Tatachilla. 🕌

It was incredible to see students from both schools interact and seeing them gradually break down social barriers and chat comfortably was very heart-warming ☺️ Their shared lunch 🍱 afterwards was full of lively conversation! It was an incredibly eye-opening experience for both Tatachilla and Pinnacle students alike and we can’t wait to host another session 😁😁

Big thank you 🙆🏽‍♀️ to Nurhayati, Filzah, and Zuhair from the Islamic Society of South Australia for assisting in organising and hosting the session. Thank you also to the year 12 students from Tatachilla College and Pinnacle College for participating! 🙇🏿‍♂️

ℹ️ If you are interested in arranging a Cross-Cultural session for your school or workplace, contact admin@mwasa.org.au

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