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March 5, 2015 / Communities /

Language, culture and respect for the law: key ingredients for integration, says Jeff Mitshabu

Jeff Mitshabu is an African -Australian who arrived in Australia over 25 years ago. In this telephone interview with AMA’s Clyde Sharady, he shares his view about the ingredients for succesful integration and gives other tips to his fellow African-Australians struggling with many issues in their settlement and integration journey into Australia. To find out more about Jeff, read his biography below: Born in the Democratic Republic of C.ongo (DRC) and migrated to Australia 25 years ago. Holder of a Masters degree in […]

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March 4, 2015 / Success stories, Victoria /

Dr Kongolo Kalumba speaks about his professional journey in Australia

Dr Kongolo Kalumba is a medical consultant (Paediatrician) who has been in Australia for just over 10 years. In this interview with AMA he shares his story and his professional journey into Australia, from the early days when he spent approximately two weeks working in hospital wards without being able to understand most of what his Australian colleagues were saying, to his latest achievement as one of the very few African medical consultants in Australia.

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February 16, 2015 / ALL, Victoria /

Faces of African-Australians

AMA’s new video intro shows more African faces from across the country.

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January 30, 2015 / Community news /

Voices and Faces of African Australians: Kumbi Mukaro talks about “Australia day” on AMA

AMA is introducing a new segment that seeks to give a voice to African Australians from across the country, enabling them to share their views on any issue relating to the welfare and advancement of Africans in Australia. The new segment is called “Voices and Faces” and will comprise of a phone interview with a picture of the interviewee. AMA encourages all Africans from different backgrounds and with different skills to contribute to this new initiative. Expressions of interest can […]

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January 20, 2015 / Communities, Victoria /

The Kontiki fashion show in Sunshine, Melbourne

The Kontiki Cultural Women Empowerment Group is a sewing group based in Melbourne West. The group seeks to creates items from traditional African textiles as means to showcase the culture as well as involve newly arrived migrant women to help them develop sewing skills through sewing project. The project is led by Mrs Francess Sesay a talented

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January 20, 2015 / Communities /

VACA award recipients speak about their work to AMA

The 2014 Victorian African Community Awards recipients talk about their awards and their work in the community.

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Language, culture and respect for the law: key ingredients for integration, says Jeff Mitshabu

March 5, 2015 / Communities

Jeff Mitshabu is an African -Australian who arrived in Australia over 25 years ago. In this telephone interview with AMA’s Clyde Sharady, he shares his view about the ingredients for succesful integration and gives other tips to his fellow African-Australians struggling with many issues in their settlement and integration journey into Australia. To find out more about Jeff, read his biography below: Born in the Democratic Republic of C.ongo (DRC) and migrated to Australia 25 years ago. Holder of a Masters degree in […]

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Dr Kongolo Kalumba speaks about his professional journey in Australia

March 4, 2015 / Success stories, Victoria

Dr Kongolo Kalumba is a medical consultant (Paediatrician) who has been in Australia for just over 10 years. In this interview with AMA he shares his story and his professional journey into Australia, from the early days when he spent approximately two weeks working in hospital wards without being able to understand most of what his Australian colleagues were saying, to his latest achievement as one of the very few African medical consultants in Australia.

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Faces of African-Australians

February 16, 2015 / ALL, Victoria

AMA’s new video intro shows more African faces from across the country.

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Voices and Faces of African Australians: Kumbi Mukaro talks about “Australia day” on AMA

January 30, 2015 / Community news

AMA is introducing a new segment that seeks to give a voice to African Australians from across the country, enabling them to share their views on any issue relating to the welfare and advancement of Africans in Australia. The new segment is called “Voices and Faces” and will comprise of a phone interview with a picture of the interviewee. AMA encourages all Africans from different backgrounds and with different skills to contribute to this new initiative. Expressions of interest can […]

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The Kontiki fashion show in Sunshine, Melbourne

January 20, 2015 / Communities, Victoria

The Kontiki Cultural Women Empowerment Group is a sewing group based in Melbourne West. The group seeks to creates items from traditional African textiles as means to showcase the culture as well as involve newly arrived migrant women to help them develop sewing skills through sewing project. The project is led by Mrs Francess Sesay a talented

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VACA award recipients speak about their work to AMA

January 20, 2015 / Communities

The 2014 Victorian African Community Awards recipients talk about their awards and their work in the community.

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Melbournians show support for MSF field workers fighting Ebola in West Africa

December 1, 2014 / Community news

Over two hundred Melbournians recently came together to show their support to MSF field workers working in West AFrica to fight Ebola. Watch the video for the rest of the story.

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Educating the community on Ebola

November 29, 2014 / ALL

Dr Gaulthier Tshibindi talks about a forum to sensitise the community on Ebola. The forum was organised by the Australian Medical Aid for Africa, a not for profit organisation focusing on health issues within African communities, both in Australia and in the African continent.

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Ugandan independence party in Melbourne 2014

November 25, 2014 / Community news

Watch the Ugandan 52nd independence day party in Melbourne, Australia. All live thanks to AMA.

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Elections in Victoria: voting power needs to be used properly

November 25, 2014 / Communities, Community news

Victorians are expected to cast the ballot on Saturday 29 November to elect a new parliament and a new government. This video provides some encouragement to the African-Australian community members to go and vote and do it the proper way so that their vote is counted. Apologies for the sound that is the best in the video.

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VACA NIGHT in video

November 22, 2014 / ALL

The Victorian African Community Awards night was a great event and this video presents some of the highlights.

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Who is the African-Australian Person Of The Year?

November 19, 2014 / ALL

Who will be the African Australian Person Of The Year 2014? The answer to this question will be known on Saturday 7 February 2015 at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne during a spectacular awards night being put together by AMA. After the successful delivery of the Victorian African Community Awards (VACA) night 2014 on 25 October 2014, AMA is now engaging the national African-Australian community to find out the answer to this question. The African-Australian Person Of The Year (AAPOTY) […]

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Associate Professor Andre Renzaho warns Africans on vitamin D deficiency

November 8, 2014 / Community news, Success stories, Victoria

Associate Professor Andre Renzaho is a university lecturer and researcher who has published a lot of papers on health issues in migrants communities, especially African groups in Australia. In 2013 he won an award for academic excellence from the Victorian African Community Awards (VACA) program. A.P Renzaho says that his research has shown that approximately 95% of Australians from African background suffer from Vitamin D deficiency and many of them also have diabetes. These are serious health issues that need […]

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VACA 2014: a successful event for African communities

October 30, 2014 / ALL

The 2014 Victorian African Community Awards took place on Saturday 25 October 2014 at Richmond townhall. Approximately two hundred people attended the event organised by Africa Media Australia and partners to showcase the impressive social, cultural and economic achievements of Victoria’s vibrant African-Australian communities. The memorable gala night celebrated the contributions of notable professionals and achievers in 15 categories, with the awards judged by a distinguished cross-community panel. Some important figures of Victoria’s government agencies and the not for […]

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Abdul Safi recognises AMA’s community work through the VACA event

October 29, 2014 / Community news, Events, Success stories, Victoria

Abdul Safi, the manager of Newforce recruitment, one of the most successful African Australian businesses recognises the work that AMA does in the community and speaks of his support to the Victorian African Community Awards 2014.

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Youth leadership in the Liberian community in Victoria

October 1, 2014 / ALL, Communities, Community news, Victoria

Siliah Siryon is a youth leader in the Liberian community in Victoria and he talks to AMA about his own personal journey and the challenges faced by his community in Australia.

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VACA widely embraced in the Community

September 20, 2014 / Communities, Community news, Event promotion, Victoria

The Victorian African Community Awards is picking up speed within communities as more people embrace it and see the value behind the event and the related program. Watch the video for the rest

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AMA’s community Media ambassadors training program successfully completed

September 20, 2014 / ALL

AMA has recently completed an eight weeks media training course to help African-Australian groups and individuals with interest in the media to improve their skills in public and organisational communication, as well as learn how to better network with journalists in mainstream media. Over twenty candidates registered for the training and 15 participants graduated. Several graduates spoke to AMA about their satisfaction with what they have learned from the training. This training was funded by the Victorian Multicultural Commission and […]

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African-Australian communities celebrate educational success at the Victorian parliament

September 16, 2014 / Communities, Victoria

The Somali, Eritrean and Zimbabwean communities in Victoria organised a graduation ceremony for members of their communities who recently completed their university degrees or graduated from high school. The event took place inside the Queen’s hall at the Victorian Parliament in Melbourne’s CBD. Over 50 graduates were congratulated for their achievement and several community leaders attended to support them.

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Nominations are now open for VACA 2014

September 10, 2014 / ALL

Nominations are now open for the Victorian African Community Awards (VACA) 2014 ( from 1 August 2014 to 1 October 2014). The awards night will take place on Saturday 25 October 2014. VACA seeks to highlight the varioius contributions of African-Australians in the state of Victoria. The awards also seek to showcase positive achievements within African-Australian communities and provide role models for the youth. This year the focus is on professional excellence, as many more Africans are holding professional jobs and making a significant […]

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African-Australian youth and leaders invited to the World peace conference in Korea

September 9, 2014 / ALL

John Hwang is the regional director of Havenly Culture world peace and restoration of light and he visited AMA to talk about the upcoming World peace conference in Korea from 17th -19th September 2014. John and his organisation have been engaging with many communities, including African-Australian communities to help facilitate the participation of the communities to the conference.

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