| NEWSLETTER: Altona campus (April 2006) | ||
NEWSLETTER: Altona campus (April 2006)The 'let us know' list Ongoing offers Please read this newsletter in the following week, it gives updates on SAIL past, present and future! New Faces No doubt many of you have noticed the many new faces popping up around SAIL in the last few weeks. We are lucky enough to have had some large tours and some very enthusiastic new volunteers signing up to be part of SAIL Altona. We
are equally lucky to have had some new families join us, as well as
relatives of existing families who have just arrived in Australia. It
is very exciting to see how much the campus has grown of the past few
months and we look forward to growing even more as the year progresses. Please help make these new volunteers and families feel welcome by introducing yourself and having a chat if you see a new face. Week Five Talks It’s nearly that time again! On Saturday the 22nd of April we will run our first tutor and community talks for the year. Please note this date in your diary. For
the tutors, we have someone from AMES who will be talking about
teaching English as a second language and who will offer some helpful
hints. For the community, we have some people from the Springvale community legal centre. Both talks will start at approximately 1.00pm and run for 45 minutes. SAIL About Footscray Visits On Saturday the 25th of February, SAIL Altona played host to SAIL’s Footscray campus. We
all gathered in the hall before making our way down to the beach for a
discovery walk, hole digging, sandcastle making and swimming. The
weather went our way and the sun shone right up until we left the beach
when it started to pour. We shared lunch with the Footscray people before we all piled into cars, sandy, wet and exhausted and went home. The
day was a fantastic opportunity to get to know our fellow SAILors at
Footscray, but also a great opportunity for Altona’s students and
volunteers to mingle and get to know each other better. Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony Rehearsal This year, Melbourne played host to the 18th
Commonwealth Games, with over 4,500 athletes participating from 71
nations. Just two days prior to the Games’ official kick-off, 10 lucky
SAILors got a sneak peek at a flying tram, a little boy and a duck (?!)
and the dazzling fiery final. A big thanks to 3ZZZ for making the
tickets for the Opening Ceremony Rehearsal possible, and also to our
volunteers who brought our future athletes to the show! Plastic bags Most
weeks we are fortunate enough to have a large amount of bread leftover,
which is put into plastic bags and given to SAILors to take home. Unfortunately our supply of plastic shopping bags is running low. If anybody has stray plastic bags seeking a new home, we would love if you could please drop them off to the kitchen staff. Magazines Calling
all avid magazine readers - if any of you have any old or unwanted
magazines at home they would make a brilliant addition to our Library.
Please give them to David, our new librarian. WholeSAIL news The
first SAIL camp of the year saw 8 SAILor teens hiking the Great South
Western Walk, near Portland, Western Victoria. In spite of some torrid
weather that saw everyone in bed at 8:30pm one night, the camp was a
great success. Of
note were the four boys who attended and spent half the camp writing
raps and the other half collecting shells on the beach (‘aw man, this
is fully beautiful’). In honour of this mixture of activities and the
dress code adopted by the SAILors in attendance, the camp was labeled
‘Gangstars and seashells’. Big-up yo! SAIL About and experience the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Africa! Free Activities 23 April | 12noon -5pm | the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall foyers If
you are looking for an excuse to take SAILors into town, here’s an
option! The Arts Centre and the African community present free music,
dance, storytelling and performances, and food for purchase with the
foyers of Hamer Hall transformed into a thriving African marketplace.
Please fill out the usual forms if you intend to SAIL away to the Hall
for this. Sudan Emergency Appeal Photographic Auction Association Sudan
Emergency Appeal Photographic Auction Association Incorporated (SEAPAA)
is a voluntary association formed by a community group of volunteers.
In hosting an exhibition and auction to celebrate Australian
photography, SEAPAA’s aim is to raise funds and awareness of the
current and continuing humanitarian crisis in Sudan.
SEAPAA
will showcase a selection of art works donated by renowned Australian
photographers while at the same time taking the opportunity to raise
funds for Sudan at Federation Square from 30th May to the 9th June 2006 Most
SAILors have amazing stories to tell but few are documented. This has
just changed for one SAILor, Sara Karim, about whom a book has just
been released. By Melbourne journalist, Peter Browne the book was
recently published and titled “The Longest Journey”.
It compiles first-hand interviews of refugees, policy makers, aid
workers and officials to track the Sudanese refugee journey from
Nairobi, Kakuma, Geneva, Canberra and Melbourne. The author discusses
the opportunities and obstacles facing refugees in the resettlement
process, and asks if Australia’s resettlement policy is really fair. An exceptional read and great insight into the experience of the majority of SAILors.
Victoria’s
Beacon Foundation is seeking a full-time Project Coordinator to manage
the foundation’s projects and to provide support for the rest of the
team. The Foundation is currently focused on the “No Dole” project,
which specifically targets Victorian youth and aims to strengthen
connections between students, business, industry and the community. For
more information, contact Jane Artup on 0404 465 493 or the Foundation at (03) 9248 3367 Totally Trivia A Sudanese man was forced to marry a goat after the animal’s owner caught him having intimate relations with it. The BBC reported that the
goat’s owner, Mr Alifi from the Upper Nile State had heard a loud noise
around midnight on 13 February 2006 and immediately rushed outside to
find Mr Tombe with his goat. "When
I asked him: 'What are you doing there?', he fell off the back of the
goat, so I captured and tied him up". Mr Alifi then called elders to
decide how to deal with the case. "They said I should not take him to
the police, but rather let him pay a dowry for my goat because he used
it as his wife," Mr Alifi said. This idea has been referred by us to the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Further submissions would be welcome. We would like to thank everyone for such a brilliant and smooth start to SAIL 06! |
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