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The SETS ladies are embarking on an exciting pathw

The SETS ladies are embarking on an exciting pathway 🛣️ in their sewing journey with @earthtime.world 🌎 Are we excited to see what they have in store for us? 🤩

Last weekend was an opportunity to bring together

Last weekend was an opportunity to bring together thousands of Australians in harmony to walk together for a brighter and more diverse future 🙆‍♀️🙆🏽‍♀️🙆🏿‍♀️ It was amazing meeting our walkers and watching the cultural performances 😊

MWASA is a proud to be a part of a future where everyone has an equal opportunity to belong and thrive!

#WhereWeBelong

Our English learners have stormed ahead in their r

Our English learners have stormed ahead in their reading practice! 🤓 Pouring over books have made our students become better writers 📚 ; read their stories here 👇🏿👇🏿

MWASA's Foundation Skills program aims to give non-native English speakers the confidence to speak, read and write English for everyday tasks 🤗 We are accepting students, so feel free to drop by anytime during class times 🤩

#FoundationSkills #EnglishLearning #Upskill

Our SETS team were invited to Canberra for the SET

Our SETS team were invited to Canberra for the SETSCoP National Member Forum to discuss the “Shifting the Narrative of Settlement”. It was an eye-opening opportunity for us to see and hear about the efforts of other organisations in the country 👏 We’re looking forward to seeing the future of migration in Australia 😊

ℹ️ The Settlement, Engagement and Transition Support (SETS) program is a service for newly-arrived migrant woman or youth on humanitarian visas in need of help. Contact us to find out more about our services and events!

Our Learning English through Cooking ladies had th

Our Learning English through Cooking ladies had the exciting opportunity to show off their culinary skills by catering for a recent Red Cross Australia event 🍳👩‍🍳 They had prepared an array of Sri Lankan, Middle Eastern and Eritrean appetizers 😋

Thank you to the @redcrossau for this tremendous opportunity 🤗 We can’t wait to see our ladies in action again soon 👀

Creativity is the key to healthy aging 🔑 Being

Creativity is the key to healthy aging 🔑 Being able to focus on creating patterns and experimenting with colour is an excellent opportunity for our CHSP seniors to exercise their motor abilities while being able to calm their mind 🖌️😌💆🏾

Our seniors especially loved being able to express themselves and were particularly excited to create their own personalised mugs ☕ ✨

Be sure to spot these special mugs in future events 👀

Our Foundation Skills team recently met with the d

Our Foundation Skills team recently met with the dedicated women from the Australian Refugee Association , Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan and the Adelaide Sisters Association 🦸‍♀️

The attendees were greeted with a delicious morning tea ☕ as they were introduced to MWASA’s Foundation Skills team and program. The attendees were also shown our student’s stories and samples of our students' work 🤓

It was a wonderful opportunity to connect and know more about the work done by the women of various organisations. We are eager to do a follow up morning tea and to extend our invitation to other interested organisations 🤗

Our new Foundation Skills teacher, Van, took the t

Our new Foundation Skills teacher, Van, took the time to show our students a little bit of Vietnamese culture 🇻🇳 Van introduced our students to rice paper rolls, which is famous for its rich flavour and freshness 🌿

While rice paper rolls commonly have ingredients such as lettuce, carrots vermicelli noodles and meat, Van emphasized that students are can have whatever they want in their rolls to suit their own tastes 🤩🤩

We had a "roll" doing this activity, thank you Van! 🤗

Recently, our Foundation Skills students have been

Recently, our Foundation Skills students have been given the unique opportunity to meet and chat with local author and illustrator, Sally Heinrich 📖✨ Sally had made a visit to share her story about her life and the journey to her craft ✏️

We had the most amazing time with Sally 🥰Thank you so much for your visit and answering all the questions our students had about your writing and illustrations 🤗

Did you know you can stay fit just by sitting down

Did you know you can stay fit just by sitting down? 😱

We got our CHSP seniors to try out chair yoga to help with stress, pain, and fatigue! 🧘

With age, we find often find ourselves being physically limited and weaker; we experience less flexibility, issues with joints and illnesses 😔 So we offered our seniors to try chair yoga to build their flexibility, strength and stamina 💪 Our seniors really worked up a sweat by the end of the session!

Thank you to Danielle for your guidance and encouragements! We greatly appreciate this session and can’t wait for more 🤗🤗

Our holidays were jam-packed with activities 🤩

Our holidays were jam-packed with activities 🤩

We held a jewellery 📿 and pizza 🍕 making session for our youth during the holidays! We used this opportunity to get the girls together for fun and bonding 😁 For our SETS Youth Leaders, this was an opportunity for them to utilise their ‘event planning’ knowledge to lead their own workshop session 🤗

It was amazing to see all the creative designs our youth came up with, and we can’t wait to see more of their creative sides 😯

Thank you to all the youth volunteers and participants for your effort 🥰🥰

Three cheers to our English learning chefs! 👏👏

Our Learning English through Cooking students have successfully passed and completed their Food Safety training! Weeks of lessons have finally paid off for our ladies 🎓 With guidance from Joudi and Kathryn, our English-learners were able to navigate through the hoops and obstacles of training with ease, earn their ‘I’m Alert Food Safety’ certificates and are now ready for their next steps 😎😎

Congratulations to our wonderful students yet again for this amazing achievement!

Be sure to look forward to seeing these brilliant ladies in their future food ventures 👀

It is very important that our seniors are reminded

It is very important that our seniors are reminded on how they can seek medical assistance and notice warning signs before an incident happens.

Big thank you to Ivonne Callow from Allity Aged Care for the informative session on first aid; our seniors are extremely grateful for the reminders and knowledge shared 🤗😊 Emergency situations are often happening, so we’re glad to have the knowledge on how to respond to them 🚨

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!

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