P AKISTANIS IN A USTRALIA PAWA NEWS

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28TH OCTOBER 2012
Dr. Zarrin S Siddiqui, 46 Kanangra Crs. Greenwood, WA 6024, Australia Ph. 0434841705, Email: pakistanis.in.australia@gmail.com

NEWSLETTER OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND BY THE COMMUNITY

VOLUME 2, ISSUE 22

COMMUNITY UPDATE The community was saddened by the sudden death of Kuldeep Singh and the tourist from UK. A number of cab drivers and community members attended his funeral on Friday. Congratulations to all the winners of Pride of Australia Medal which were announced on Saturday evening. Read the inspirational stories of the work each individual has been doing in their field as an individual http://www.prideofaustralia.com.au/peopleschoice_2012.html Finally, we expect to receive the certificate of incorporation this week from Department of Commerce. Thanks to all who have supported throughout the whole year. HOCKEY TEAM IS BACK 22nd Nov 25th November 2012 For four days see Pakistani Hockey team playing their best against Australia, England and India. Submit your expression of interest at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MFVKC2H. A 10% discount will apply to tickets bought in bulk. Concession also applies to seniors and children. Tickets for full season are 90 dollars (adult) and 55 dollars (conc.) for grassed area. The full program is available on the last page.

An invitation to the team manager has also been extended for an evening with the community and as soon as we received a response, the group will be notified. EIDUL AZHA BARBECUE Thank you very much for your participation in the barbecue event on the second day of Eid.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AJMAL MIAN: FACE HIM AND HE KNOWS IT ALL

Prof. Ajmal Mian of the University of Western Australia is the recipient of the WA Early Career Scientist of the Year! "Australian Research Fellow at The University of Western Australia is working to enhance the application of artificial intelligence, particularly three-dimensional (3D) face and object recognition, to solve a range of problems faced by industry and other end-users." In 2009, Prof. Ajmal Mian also received UWA Award for Early Career Researchers for best published work. The paper "On the repeatability and quality of key points for local feature based 3D-object retrieval from cluttered scenes" has been published in the international Journal of Computer Vision. Congratulations to him and the family.

FUNDS REQUIRED

A request for donation for a School at Remote area of Junction of Hub and District Kemari which has Children of Fishers man enrolled. The total funding required is about 3000 dollars to purchase chairs, desks and other relevant material. As winter approaches it is essential that these kids receive education in a much better environment and it is not an amount that we cannot raise in Perth alone. Please let me know of any ideas that you may have to raise funds for this school run by Child Health and Education Foundation. This can be a project for our upcoming Australia Day program in Pakistan.

SOCIAL INCLUSION CONFERENCE 2012

Our group is part of the Social Innovation Conference being organised in November where we have been provided an option to present in the form of a poster or to be included in the projects booklet.
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GRANTS
We have been actively involved in writing grant applications for more activities in year 2013. Experience the Lollywood: A grant proposal has been submitted for an event in March 2013 to screen a Pakistani movie. Two more proposals have been submitted through Ethnic Communities Council of Western Australia. The first one is Love binds us together where our group will be one of the ten participating community organisations while the later one is ECCWA bowling Olympiad within National youth week where Pakistani members have always given a tough competition to others.

ZONTA CLUB OF PERTH ORGANISED CULTURAL AWARENESS DAY ON 27th OCTOBER.

An invitation was received last month to speak to the members and guests of Zonta club of Perth as part of their cultural awareness day along with Ruth Sims, Mehdi Nawa and Lily Chen. With mere 29 members this club has been instrumental in undertaking a number of projects and we hope to collaborate with them in future. 1. Zonta Holidays - in the 1980s the club had a major fundraising drive and invested funds so that the interest raised could be used in perpetuity to fund holidays for disadvantaged families in need. Through the club's relationship with the Rotary Club of East Albany, accommodation is arranged through its Friendship House. Dozens of families have benefited from these holidays. Referrals are usually made through social work departments of hospitals. 2. Zonta House Refuge - the club provides financial and professional support to this women's refuge that provides support to women without children through crisis assistance, homeless support, and education and outreach programs. The Zonta House Refuge Association administers the refuge and there are three Zontians on its board, including two from our club. The refuge has helped thousands of women since it officially opened in 1984. Members regularly collect toiletries, clothing and furniture for the women at the refuge

TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS
Every two years VALA offers up to two travel scholarships to enable suitable persons to travel overseas to examine aspects of library automation. For more details contact www.vala.org.au

RESEARCH THE 'NOT YOURS TO PROMISE' CHILD FORCED MARRIAGE PROJECT

The National Children's and Youth Law Centre (NCYLC) is undertaking Australia's first national research into child forced marriage. The aim of the research is to establish how community service providers and other relevant organisations currently respond to incidents of child forced marriage. We will then evaluate the current responses against the relevant child care and protection frameworks, write a report about our findings and create best practice guidelines for community service providers that will assist them in responding to victims of child forced marriage. We will also develop a range of educational resources on the issue. DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this project, forced marriage is defined as marriage entered into without the free and full consent of both parties. It is distinct from an arranged marriage, where the families of the spouses play a dominant role in arranging the marriage, but the spouses have the right to accept or refuse the arrangement. A forced marriage of a child is a marriage of a person under 18 years of age without the free and full consent of that child. An Australian child citizen is a person under 18 years of age who is entitled to reside permanently in Australia. TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/notyourstopromise

ONLINE LEARNING MODULES FROM HEART FOUNDATION

Although targeting Aboriginal health workers these modules are very relevant to our community members BeAWARE: Supporting Aboriginal Health Workers and non-clinical staff to promptly identify patients with warning signs of heart attack or stroke. These modules can help non-clinical staff and Aboriginal Health Workers promptly identify patients with suspected warning signs of heart attack or stroke that call or attend their Aboriginal Medical Service. Staff are encouraged to immediately escalate the situation to a clinical staff member, and/or call Triple Zero [000] if authorised to do so. BeAWARE resources include: Warning Signs online learning module Warning signs desktop tent card for the reception area Warning signs posters for the patient waiting area

What are the benefits to your service? Enhance patient safety Reduce risk of medico-legal litigation Support and demonstrate adherence to accreditation standards

BeAWARE was developed by the Heart Foundation and the Stroke Foundation and is free. Register to access the online learning module at: http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/online-learning
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This is a fortnightly newsletter to keep community informed of whats happening in Pakistan and in Australia with a special focus on Western Australia at this time. We acknowledge that this newsletter is disseminated from Noongar land. The earlier issues can be accessed through web by accessing http://www.scribd.com/PIA_Group or through the group Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/groups/pakistanisinaustralia Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/PIAChannel1

Ticket Prices

Price Level E.g. A Reserve Reserved Seating Reserved Seating Reserved Seating General Admission General Admission General Admission General Admission General Admission General Admission

Ticket Type Adult Adult Adult Adult Adult Adult Concession / Child Concession / Child Concession / Child

Ticket Type Description* Series Pass (All four days) Lower Grand Stand Daily (Days 1 3) Lower Grand Stand Daily (Day 4 Finals) Lower Grand Stand Series Pass (All four days) Grassed Area Daily (Days 1 3) Grassed Area Daily (Day 4 Finals) Grassed Area Series Pass (all four days) Grassed Area Daily (Days 1 3) Grassed Area Daily (Day 4 Finals) Grassed Area

Total Price Inc. GST $110.00 $30.00 $40.00 $90.00 $25.00 $30.00 $55.00 $15.00 $20.00

There is a 10% discount on all the ticket categories if we order in bulk however to keep it logistically simple we will be taking bookings only for the grassed area. Full season or a particular match but you have to be quick and let us know by 18th October by filling in the online survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MFVKC2H The final estimate of tickets has to be provided to Hockey WA on 31st October.