Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations, Inc.
By Ruben Amores
Auburn-NSW-Australia
August 7, 2018
The Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations Inc (APCO) is one of the member organisations of the multicultural Auburn Small Community Organisation Network (ASCON) that participated in hosting the annual Refugee Camp in My Neighbourhood that ASCON and the Cumberland Council organise to promote the causes of refugees and asylum-seekers.
ASCON leaders Ruben and Cen Amores with APCO volunteers manning the food stalls: Flory and Fred Hernandez, APCO Director Glorina Papaiannou and Edna Cudillo. Not in photo is Nori of the new Guildford Multicultural Elderly Housing .
Held at the Auburn Centre for Community and Auburn Park located at Macquarie Road and Hutchinson Street, AUBURN, this event had been expanded as a Celebration in My Neighbourhood and was held last Saturday, 4 August 2018. Five of ASCON’s organisational members, namely: Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations Inc (APCO), Sri Om Foundation, Bosnian Disability and Seniors Association, Auburn Tamil Society and Somali Welfare Cultural Association, and other organisations like DOOLEYS, RACS, NSW Government, SPARK, NSW Refugee Health Service, St Vincent de Paul Society, NSW Support Services, STARTTS and Welcome Studio were involved.
Edna, Nori and Glorinna cooking the bistik with veggie salad and boiled rice at the Auburn Community Centre kitchen.
For its contribution, APCO will be selling Philippine favourite food and conducting a workshop on how to dance Tinikling to multicultural guests.
APCO’s Filipinas Dancers and food stall volunteers with Philippine Consul Manny Guzman and ASCON president Dr Cen Amores. Consul Guzman joined the interactive tour of the Refuigee Camp in my Neigbourhood to experience the difficulties of being a refugee
APCO’s Filipiniana Dancers headed by APCO Director Emma Braceros taught the Tinikling at the cultural workshop .
Dr Cen Amores is the current President of ASCON and founding President of APCO. ASCON is an aggrupation of more than 40 CALD community organisations representing the various small and emerging communities of Cumberland LGA. The Kapitbahayan Coop which started its first housing clusters in Auburn in 1997, was also a founding member of ASCON with Ruben Amores elected as its first President in 2007.
Granville State MP Julie Finn (middle) was one of many government officials who visited our stall. Others in picture are, from left: Aloy Canete, community liaison of Sydney Alliance; Phil Consul Manny Guzman; Adama Kamara, community development officer of the Cumberland Counci; Dr Cen Amores, ASCON President and Ruben Amores, Kapitbahayan Coop founding President.
ASCON aims to provide opportunities for harmonious engagement and collaboration among all the ethnic groups. Among the successful projects of ASCON are: Flavours of Auburn traditional food festival, food tours, cooking classes and healthy traditional food book; various employment and job-seeking training and mentoring; organisational skills training; youth holiday activities; community volunteering; advocating for the rights and welfare of newly arrived migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers; supporting and encouraging for more inter-faith, inter-generational and other multicultural and social development projects and activities of its member-organisations as well as actively engaging with local council and other bodies in behalf of the ordinary residents of Cumberland LGA.
APCO supports simulated Refugee Camp
By Ruben Amores
Auburn-NSW-Australia
August 7, 2018
The Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations Inc (APCO) is one of the member organisations of the multicultural Auburn Small Community Organisation Network (ASCON) that participated in hosting the annual Refugee Camp in My Neighbourhood that ASCON and the Cumberland Council organise to promote the causes of refugees and asylum-seekers.
ASCON leaders Ruben and Cen Amores with APCO volunteers manning the food stalls: Flory and Fred Hernandez, APCO Director Glorina Papaiannou and Edna Cudillo. Not in photo is Nori of the new Guildford Multicultural Elderly Housing .
Held at the Auburn Centre for Community and Auburn Park located at Macquarie Road and Hutchinson Street, AUBURN, this event had been expanded as a Celebration in My Neighbourhood and was held last Saturday, 4 August 2018. Five of ASCON’s organisational members, namely: Alliance of Philippine Community Organisations Inc (APCO), Sri Om Foundation, Bosnian Disability and Seniors Association, Auburn Tamil Society and Somali Welfare Cultural Association, and other organisations like DOOLEYS, RACS, NSW Government, SPARK, NSW Refugee Health Service, St Vincent de Paul Society, NSW Support Services, STARTTS and Welcome Studio were involved.
Edna, Nori and Glorinna cooking the bistik with veggie salad and boiled rice at the Auburn Community Centre kitchen.
For its contribution, APCO will be selling Philippine favourite food and conducting a workshop on how to dance Tinikling to multicultural guests.
APCO’s Filipinas Dancers and food stall volunteers with Philippine Consul Manny Guzman and ASCON president Dr Cen Amores. Consul Guzman joined the interactive tour of the Refuigee Camp in my Neigbourhood to experience the difficulties of being a refugee
APCO’s Filipiniana Dancers headed by APCO Director Emma Braceros taught the Tinikling at the cultural workshop .
Dr Cen Amores is the current President of ASCON and founding President of APCO. ASCON is an aggrupation of more than 40 CALD community organisations representing the various small and emerging communities of Cumberland LGA. The Kapitbahayan Coop which started its first housing clusters in Auburn in 1997, was also a founding member of ASCON with Ruben Amores elected as its first President in 2007.
Granville State MP Julie Finn (middle) was one of many government officials who visited our stall. Others in picture are, from left: Aloy Canete, community liaison of Sydney Alliance; Phil Consul Manny Guzman; Adama Kamara, community development officer of the Cumberland Counci; Dr Cen Amores, ASCON President and Ruben Amores, Kapitbahayan Coop founding President.
ASCON aims to provide opportunities for harmonious engagement and collaboration among all the ethnic groups. Among the successful projects of ASCON are: Flavours of Auburn traditional food festival, food tours, cooking classes and healthy traditional food book; various employment and job-seeking training and mentoring; organisational skills training; youth holiday activities; community volunteering; advocating for the rights and welfare of newly arrived migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers; supporting and encouraging for more inter-faith, inter-generational and other multicultural and social development projects and activities of its member-organisations as well as actively engaging with local council and other bodies in behalf of the ordinary residents of Cumberland LGA.