Multicultural Festivals and Events Program 2018-2019 Successful Grants Organisation Name Project Title Approved Amount "Istoki" Childrens' Educational Centre Christmas Celebration; Children-s Party - Yolka $800 4Dverse Hub Incorporated Melbourne Latin Summer Festival 2019 $15,000 4Dverse Hub Incorporated The Colombian Festival $3,000 A Beacon Of Hope -The Next Generation Beacon of Hope's Multicultural Festival $3,500 Aboriginal Housing Victoria AHV NAIDOC Family Day at The Farm $1,400 ACAV Inc-Azerbaijani Cultural Association of Festival of Spring Novruz Bayram 2019 $1,900 Victoria Incorporated Advocacy for Oromia Association in Victoria Oromo Thanksgiving Celebration 2018 $1,000 Australia Inc. Afghan Saffat Association Of Victoria INC. Norooz ( Afghan New Year) $1,788 Afghan Women's Organisation Victoria Afghan Women's Eid Celebration 2018 $850 (AWOV) African Australian Multicultural Employment Harmony week youth cultural and Music Festival $4,200 and Youth Services (MYCMF) African Gangs Social Media Campaign Ujamaa Community Festival $3,500 African Music and Cultural Festival African Music and Cultural Festival $30,000 African Think Tank Inc Two Day Conference at the University of Melbourne $6,900 Afro Australian Students Organisation AASO Recognise Awards Night $3,500 Afro Hub Blue Black Beatz $8,000 AISOV Persian Fire Festival $1,500 Al Ehsan Centre Eid Reunion $1,375 Al Ehsan Centre Women Seminar $1,000 Al Siraat College Eid & Peace Events 2018 $1,900 Albanian Australian Community Ass. Inc. Albanian Festival $500 Albanian Moslem Society Shepparton Inc. Albanian Harvest Festival $1,150 Al-Emaan Women Organisation INC Al-Emaan Multicultural Celebration $1,000 Alkira Secondary College Alkira Multicultural week 2019 $1,063 All Women Concern African Womens Day $2,400 AMAFHH Federation Women's Day Conference $1,250 AMAFHH Federation Annual Multicultural Iftar Dinner $1,250 Amchi Melbourne Konkani Association Inc. AMKA Chudi Festival 2018 $850 AMES Australia Heartlands 2018 $2,000 Anatolian Cultural Centre Peace and Friendship Festival 2019 $2,900 Anglo-Indian Australasian Association of Vic. Anglo-Indian Association 48th Anniversary Celebration $1,275 Inc. Anondodhara Anondodhara Multicultural Festival 2018 $2,300 Antiochian Community Support Association Celebrating Middle Eastern culture in Dandenong: $2,900 welcome Syrian & Iraqi refugees Antiochian Community Support Association Middle Eastern Festival 2018 $800 Ardeer Primary School Ardeer Primary School Diversity Festival 2019 $1,063 ARLC Victoria Ltd NRL Victoria Harmony Festival 2018 $2,775 Armenian General Benevolent Union Armenian Harmony Day $2,400 Artsmildura Inc Arts Mildura World Music Festival $3,008 ASEAN Association Australia Inc. ASEAN Fair 2018 $2,400 ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Philippine Street Festival $1,600 ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Thai Water Festival $1,600 ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Malaysia Street Festival 2019 $1,600 ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Philippine Street Fiesta 2019 - Independence Day $1,600 Celebration ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Diwali Celebrations 2018 $1,600 ASEAN Association Australia Inc. Mooncake Festival 2018 $1,600 Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division Department of Premier and Cabinet Organisation Name Project Title Approved Amount Asian Business Association Of Whitehorse Chinese New Year Festival 2019 $50,000 Inc (ABAW) Asociacion Rociera Andaluza Victoria Inc Homenage to our seniors $1,300 Association of Indian Origin Tamils of Sri Festival of Lights - Diwali with Cultural Programs and $700 Lanka (Aust) Inc Dinner Association of New Elderly Inc Intercultural Celebration Through Haiku-walk Excursion $400 Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN Games Australia 2018 $1,150 (ASEAN) Youth Organisation of Australia Incor Association of Sri Lankan Muslims in Ifthar and Eid Programme $600 Australia Inc Association of Tarneit Neighbourhood Watch Neighbourhood Watch International Yoga Day 2018 $3,000 Inc. Association of Ukrainians - Geelong Branch Ukrainian Independence Day Commemoration 2018 $1,300 Association of Ukrainians - St. Albans Ukrainian Christmas Eve Banquet: Sharing Religious $600 Traditions, Culture & Foods Association of Ukrainians in Victoria Ukrainian Independence Day Festival & Celebrating 70 $725 years of settlement Association of Young Indian talents of Vasantotsava 2018 (Annual Talent Show Event) $925 Australia Associazione donna Calabrese Nel mondo International Women's Day 2019 Event $500 Inc. Associazione Nazionale Marinai D-Italia - Murchison Commemoration & St. Barbara Festival $600 Gruppo- M.O.C. Borsini Australia Associazione Padovani Nel Mondo Christmas pic-nic celebration $550 Assyrian Council of Victoria Assyrian/Babylonian New Year Celebration 2019 $6,000 Assyrian Culture Centre of Australia Assyrian Babylonian New Year $1,900 Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Celebrating Women of the World $2,900 Auspicious Arts Projects Inc. Under the Olive Tree 2018 $2,900 Australasian Centre for Human Rights and International Women's Day - United We Stand $900 Health Australia Bangladesh Association Inc Winter Food Festival $625 Victoria Australia Ceylon Fellowship Inc Mothers Day/Multicultral Event $1,263 Australia Chin Community (Eastern Chin Harvest Festival and Chin Harmony Day $2,400 Melbourne) Australia Chinese Dancers Association 2018 Australia Chinese Youth Dance Festival $1,600 Australia India Women Entrepreneurs Forum City of Whitehorse Diwali Celebration 2018 $2,400 Australia Light Foundation Incorporated ALF Multicultural Festival of the West $1,300 Australia Mission of Sai (AUMSAI) Inc Dasara and Shirdi Sai Punyathithi Celebrations by $700 AUMSAI Australia Mission of Sai (AUMSAI) Inc Sri Rama Navami 2019 By Aumsai $700 Australia Mission of Sai (AUMSAI) Inc Gurupurnima 2018 Celebrations by Ausmsai $500 Australia Pakistan Medical Association of Eid Festival - 2018 $2,500 Victoria Australia Telangana Association Inc. ATAI Bathukamma - 2018 (Floral Festival of Telangana) $2,600 Australia Zo Organisation (AZO) Inc. Zo Cultural Show $2,400 Australian Assyrian Arts & Literature Assyrian New Year Festival $2,400 Foundation Australian Bosnian Islamic Centre Australian Bosnian Islamic Centre Deer Park Multicultural $3,750 Festival Australian Bosnian Seniors Group Eid Day Dinner- Australian Bosnian Senior Group $800 Australian Bosnian Seniors Group 15th Anniversary of the Australian-Bosnian Senior Group $1,400 Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division Department of Premier and Cabinet Organisation Name Project Title Approved Amount Australian Bosnian Women's Association 2018 Women United and Heard $2,400 Zena Zeni Australian Community Dawah Centre Multicultural Eid Ul Adha Festival $500 Australian Coptic Families Social Club Inc Coptic Community Festival $2,325 Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Sveta Kata $500 Bocce Gospic Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Australia Day Celebration $550 Clifton Hill Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Christmas Day Celebration $490 Gladstone Park Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Fathers Day-Ocev Dan $550 St Albans Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club of Proslava Bozica-Christmas $550 Vila Velebita Australian Federation of Hellenic Gymnastics Multicultural Events BBQ and Sports Award Presentation $775 and Athletics Association Australian Filipino Heritage Foundation Inc. Halo-Halo Festival of Music 2018 $1,000 Australian German Welfare Society Inc. Melbourne German Week $2,300 Australian GLBTIQ Multicultural Council Let's be Social Day $2,600 (AGMC Inc.) Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Celebration of 28 October 'OHI' Day $600 Association Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Greek National Day Flag Raising Ceremony and $900 Association Celebration Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly Greek Independence Day $500 Seniors Club Northcote Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly 25 March Greek National Day Dinner Dance $600 Seniors Club Northcote Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated Diwali 2018 $10,000 Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated Holi Fair 2019 $9,000 Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated India Day 2018 $1,900 Australian Indian Multicultural Club for Love Festival of Colors 2019 $3,000 And Peace (AIMCLAP) Inc. Australian Inner-Mongolia Chinese Inner-Mongolian Cultural Festival 2018 $2,000 Association Inc Australian Karen Organisation Karen Martyrs- Day $400 Australian Karen Organisation Karen Wrist-Tying Ceremony $400 Australian Kurdish Community Inc. Eid Festival 2018 $1,000 Australian Multicultural Association Melton Diwali $4,000 Incorporation Australian Multicultural Foundation International Metropolis Conference $30,000 Australian Oromo Community Association in Oromia @ Federation Square $2,400 Victoria Australian Shia Gathering Place Inc Ead Aladh'ha families outdoor festival $3,000 Australian Sikh Games (Vic) Inc. 32nd Australian Sikh Games & Cultural Event 2019 $40,000 Australian Society of Graduate Tamils Inc The Tamil Language Competition 2018 - Cultural Night $1,400 and Awards Ceremony Australian Theatre of Poetry Inc / also "The Hero" $600 trading as -Empyrean- Australian Vietnamese Talent - CLBTNS & Traditional Vietnamese Music & Dances $3,000 VDDT - Art, Literature and Music Inc. Australian Vietnamese Women's Association Vietnamese Cultural Expos for disadvantaged women $2,500 and seniors Australian-Iranian Youth Society of Victoria Australia Day Festival 2019 $800 (AIRYS) AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group Let's Celebrate TET - Year of The Pig $525 AVA