COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION
COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM
GLAPD works closely with African community associations, predominantly the ones from the Great Lakes region of Africa which include Rwanda, Burundi, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Kenya. GLAPD supports these communities by providing advice and advocacy, mediation in times of dispute or conflicts, financial support to run events /activities and projects as well as office space for meetings and workshops.
CULTURAL PROGRAM
Every year since 2014, GLAPD organises a cultural event commonly known as “GLAPD Get Together Harmony day“ where communities from Africa‘s Great Lakes region Africa gather to celebrate their identity and their cultures through spectacular dances, fashion, delicious traditional food, beautiful arts and crafts and inspirational speeches from community leaders and guest speakers. There is the cutting of “TOGETHER AS ONE“ cake symbolising Unity and Harmony.
In GLAPD Get Together Harmony day, we intend to showcase the goodness of cultures, for different community members to appreciate the richness in other‘s culture and learn to live in harmony with one another.
SPORTS PROGRAM
Every year since 2015, GLAPD organises a sport event called “GLAPD Sports Gala“. It is a full day event, where all the communities from the Great Lakes region of Africa come together and compete in different games. Each community organises five teams to play five games (indoor soccer, basketball, netball, volleyball and table tennis). It is a wonderful occasion to see all the community members committed to teamwork and all the fans cheering their teams. Trophies and medals are awarded.
The main purpose of GLAPD Sports Gala is to facilitate networking between members of different communities, bridge the isolation gap by bring together minority communities to participate with bigger communities and reinvigorate our health and wellbeing. It is a popular event, and a great tool for integration and social cohesion.
CAPACITY BUILDING
This is a new program due to start after COVID-19 lockdown. Scanlon Foundation funded the project so that GLAPD could deliver computer classes to all clients needing computer skills. A professional facilitator will be delivering the classes and we will have different stages: Beginner, intermediate and advanced.
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GLAPD organises career guidance workshops for clients who need to learn all the steps of securing employment in Australia and to be sufficiently equipped to compete in the job market. The workshop takes 6 to 8 hours and it is delivered by a professional career coach who also helps clients to find their passion and go for the job they would love to do. The coach assists clients through all the stages from searching for jobs online to securing an interview to sitting for interviews.
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PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
African family culture is built around the values of a patriarch society, in which the male is the head of the family and dominates decision making. This belief has been confronted by the Australia family culture of egalitarian society where the decision making in the family is based on gender balance and equality of women and men.
Consequently, the later concept of a family has created frictions in the African family which end up as domestic violence practice. GLAPD recognizant of the existence of the two paradigms of family culture, has always intervened to encourage families to speak up when certain tendencies of domestic violence appear in their families, we facilitate conversations between parties as a primary stage of mediation and resolution. We provide casework services to the victims and employ options of mediation and resolution. We provide referral to more competent services
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EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR REFUGEES
In Australia, Children are bound to have equal opportunities of education, however, refugee children are sometimes disadvantaged in accessing complete education opportunities. While it a common culture for students to turn up home with homework and assignments that most probable will need the supervision and assistance from their parents, some refugee parents are literate enough to assist their children.
Furthermore, it is common for parents to guide their children in carrier choice at a young age, for some of the refugee parents who are literate to that level, their children will be disadvantaged in making carrier choice.
GLAPD recognizant of the existence of such issues and more others related to some of the refugee literacy issues, is engaging voluntary in supporting children who are disadvantaged in terms of accessing full right to education opportunities.
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