SCARF Archived Articles

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SCARF Fishing Workshop - Lake Illawara
In March 2009 SCARF organised a Fishing Workshop at Lake Illawarra which was attended by representatives of the Dept of Fisheries. A good contingent of Burmese men turned up and fun was had by all, as the pictures below show.

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African Stall at Coledale Markets a Big Hit
In late December 2008 SCARF members sold their hand made crafts from a colourful stall at these markets. For the full story from the Illawarra Mercury... [here]

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A Day at The Green
On Saturday November 8th, SCARF held A Day at the Green: A Men's Health Day and Family Picnic at the North Wollongong PCYC.

The men attended a nutrition information session, and then worked together at outdoor cooking stations; trying an Aussie BBQ, Arthur's Burmese Curry, Pizza Making Salon (Sierra Leone) style, and creating fresh salads straight from the community garden. Over 120 Refugee and local community members attended the lunch, followed by a round of dodge ball with local Police.

Below are a selection of photographs taken on the day.

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International House to work with SCARF

International House recently won a Community Engagement Grant (CEG) which will be used to fund the project with SCARF and assist refugee families in the Illawarra. Dr Lindsay Oades, Student Residence Manager for International House said, “this project is designed to commence CCC as an ongoing strategic alliance between International House and SCARF. Funds will be used from this grant to publicly launch the relationship and build early capacity for an ongoing relationship.

“The project itself will involve four key components:

An interactive food and music function where 150 International House residents and 40 predominantly African refugee entrants aged 18-25 come together in the International Housed for an evening of mutual music performance, including African drumming, and a feast- this is the launch of the Creative Community Connection”
Computer skills coaching where new computers and language learning software available in the International House computer labs are made available to refugee entrants to receive computer skills coaching, with a focus on software based language learning, from IT savvy student volunteers.

Kim Morland, Sharyn McKenzie (SCARF), Lindsay Oades, Graeme Wolgamot & Chris. Cartledge (SCARF)

International friendship and mentoring program where refugee entrants and International House student volunteers pair up for general English conversations and meetings.
Periodic transport assistance to refugee families. Back to basics, new community entrants need help to get around. International House will provide a bus and drivers.”

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