Multicultural Festivals and Events 2019-2020 Round Two Organisation Project Title Amount Funded (ex. GST) 63 Miller Street Epping Temple Dussehra - Celebration of Good Over $1,850 Charitable Trust Evil 63 Miller Street Epping Temple Lord Krishna Birthday Janmashtami $1,850 Charitable Trust Festival 63 Miller Street Epping Temple Maha Shivratri $1,625 Charitable Trust ACAV Inc-Azerbaijani Cultural Festival of Spring 2020 - Novruz $2,000 Association of Victoria Bayram Incorporated African Australian Multicultural Homeless Iftar Dinner 2020 $2,000 Employment and Youth Services African Australian Welfare Bureau Whittlesea Mayibuye $4,500 Inc. Africare Community Services Inc. African Victorian Dialogue $4,500 Celebration Day Al Ehsan Centre Eid Reunion $2,000 Albury Wodonga Indian Australian Makar Sankranti $2,000 Association Albury-Wodonga Ethnic Wodonga Multicultural Festival 2020 $15,000 Communities Council Al-Emaan Women Organisation Ramadan Iftar $2,000 INC All Saints Basketball Club Inc All Saints Multicultural Festival 2020 $2,000 Anatolian Cultural Centre Lygon Street Multicultural Festival $2,500 Anondodhara Anondodhara Multicultural Festival $2,000 2020 Asian Business Association Of Chinese New Year Festival 2020 $40,000 Whitehorse Inc (ABAW) Association of Sri Lankan Muslims Aslama Ifthar & Eid-ul-Fitr $2,000 in Australia Inc celebrations Association of Ukrainians - St. Breaking bread - sharing Eastern Rite $2,000 Albans religious traditions & foods Association of Ukrainians (Noble Ukrainian Theophany Eve $2,000 Park Branch) Association of Ukrainians in 70th Anniversary of Ukrainian $1,000 Victoria Settlement in Australia Au Co Dance Non -Profit Vietnamese tradition dances 2020 $2,000 Association Incorporated OFFICIAL Auspicious Arts Projects Inc. Jungle City Jam $2,000 Australia Bangladesh Association Bengali New Year Celebration $2,000 Inc Victoria Australia Chin Community (Eastern Chin Harmony Day and Chin $2,500 Melbourne) Traditional Wrestling Australia Hui-Merchant 2019 Australian International $1,000 Confederation Multicultural Festival Australia Pakistan Medical Eid Festival 2020 $2,000 Association of Victoria Australian Anglo-Indian Melbourne 40th Anniversary Club Celebration $2,000 Rangers Club Australian Chaldean Family Chaldean Babylonian New Year $2,000 Welfare Australian Chinese Solidarity 'The Sea is My Hometown' Theme $3,000 Association Concert.2020 Australian Filipino Heritage Philippine Festival 2020 $2,000 Foundation Inc. Australian Indian Innovations Melbourne City Holi 2020 $4,000 Incorporated Australian Institute of Polish Affairs The 40th Anniversary of the Solidarity $2,000 (AIPA) Migration Wave from Poland (1980 - 1989) Australian Multicultural Association Rhythm Riders - Celebration of Indian $2,000 Incorporation Drumming Australian Punjabi Association Multicultural Diwali Function $1,000 Melbourne Inc Australian Saay Harari Association Saay Shawal Eid $2,000 Australian Slovenian Cultural and Geelong CSOV Festival 2020 $2,500 Sports Association 'Ivan Cankar' Geelong Inc Australian Vietnamese Arts Inc. AVA 10th Community Harmony Event $2,000 Australian Women Association Hume Colour Fest - 2020 $4,000 Avalokitesvara Yuan Tong Buddhists of the West Multicultural $2,500 Monastery Event 2020 Ayios Therapon Welfare Ayios Therapon Day $2,000 Association Bach Viet Dance Not For Profits Maribyrnong Multicultural Autumn $2,000 Association Incorporated Festival Badger Creek Community Planning Badger Creek Community Celebration $2,000 Group 2020 Bakhtar Cultural & Publishing Nawroz Afghan New Year $2,000 Association Bal Sansar Glenroy Inc Celebrate festival - Maghe Sankranti $2,000 Ballarat and District Aboriginal Co- National Close the Gap Gala Day $3,500 operative Limited Ballarat Hindu Temple & Cultural Ugadi $2,000 Centre Ballarat Malayalee Associaction Food Festival $3,000 Document title 2 OFFICIAL Bangali Puja and Cultural Society Bengali New Year Celebration 2020 $3,000 of Victoria (BPCSV) Bangla Sahitya Sansad Bengali International Mother Language Day $1,800 Literary Society Inc Bangladeshi Migrant Women- Ramadan Get Together 2020 $1,600 welfare Association in Melbourne Inc. Bangladeshi Senior Citizens Club Bengali New Year Celebration $2,000 Victoria Incorporated Basava Samithi of Australia Basava Jayanthi 2020 $2,000 Melbourne Chapter Inc Beit Jala Palestinian Association Celebration of the Australian Day 26- $2,000 Vic Inc 01-2020 Bendigo Chinese Association Inc. Bendigo Easter Festival 2020 $3,500 Bengali Association of Victoria Inc A Community Play depicting the $2,000 journey of a migrant to Australia Bengali Society of Melbourne Inc. Celebrating Bengali New Year 2020 $1,950 Berwick Ayalkoottam Incorporated Berwick Easter Celebration 2020 $2,000 Bhartiya Seniors Melbourne Inc Truganina And Williams Landing $2,000 Seniors Holi Festival Bodhi Buddhist Temple Inc United Nations Day of Vesak 2020 $2,000 Brunswick Neighbourhood House Brunswick Cultural Harmony Fiesta $2,000 2020 Brunswick Russian School Maslenitsa Celebrations $2,000 Buddhist Sri Lankan Association of Annual Cultural Concert $1,160 Victoria Inc Cantorion Cymreig Victoria (Welsh St David's Day Welsh Celebration $2,000 Choir of Victoria) 2020 Cardinia Interfaith Network Celebration of Multi-Faith Festival $1,390 Cardinia Interfaith Network Celebrations of Eidul Fitr Festival 2020 $2,000 by CIN Carnegie Mainstreet Carnegie Lunar New Year $2,500 Carousel Folk Band Victory Day Picnic $2,000 Caulfield Hebrew Congregation CHC Yom Ha’atzmaut Breakfast 2020 $2,000 Centre for Multicultural Youth Walk for Change - Youth Event $2,500 Ballarat Harmony Week 2020 CERES CERES Harvest Festival 2020 $2,500 Chabad House Of Malvern/Toorak Purim Celebration 2020 $2,000 Inc Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Chabad on Carlisle Chanukah $1,000 Centre function Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Chabad on Carlisle Purim function $2,000 Centre Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) $3,000 Cheltenham Community Centre Diversity Day $2,000 Chinese Association of Monash Inc Year of the Rat - Chinese New Year $1,200 Celebration 2020 Document title 3 OFFICIAL Chinese Health Foundation of Respect and Love for Our Community $2,000 Australia in Qing Ming Festival Chinese Performing Arts Chinese New Year Celebration $2,000 Development Inc Chinese Professionals Club of Celebration of 2020 Chinese New Year $2,000 Australia Festival Churchill-Waverley Golf and Bowls Multicultural Golf & Bowls Challenge $2,000 Club and Women in Sport Circle of Sisters-St.Basil Ostrog Family Day Picnic 2020 $2,000 Church Langwarrin Club60 Tarneit incorporated Makar Sankranti Celebrations $2,000 CNY United Pty Ltd Lunar New Year 2020 Melbourne $40,000 Festival Cohealth Ltd Yarra Settlement Forum Refugee $2,000 Week Event 2020 Colac Afghan Community Nowrooz Colac 2020 $2,000 Colac Filipino Community Kana Filipino Colac Community Event $2,000 Colac Kana Festival Inc Colac Kana Festival $2,000 Committee for Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's 71st Independence Day $2,000 Celebrations Community Aid Australia Inc Basant Panchami Celebration 2020 $2,000 Community of Cypriots of the Greek Independence Day $2,000 Northern Suburbs of Melbourne Inc. Celebrations Comunidades de Lingua Taste of Portugal 2020 $2,000 Portuguesa Incorporated Comunita di Filadelfia Comunita di Filadelfia Annual $2,000 Celebration of Culture and Traditions Concern Australia International Women's Day 2020 $2,000 Cook Island Community Services of Kia Orana Festivel $2,000 Victoria Inc Council of Australian Filipino 122nd Philippine Independence Day & $2,500 Organizations of Victoria Inc Multicultural Event June 2020 Crna Reka Senior Citizen Fishing Easter 2020 $2,000 Association Inc Dinka Ethnic School of Victoria Inc. Dinka Kids Cultural Days $2,500 Diversitat (Geelong Ethnic Diversity Symposium $10,000 Communities Council Inc.) Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan Bhartiya Nav Varsh $2,500 Djerriwarrh Employment & Dream Big Festival 2020 $3,000 Education Services Dragon Boat Victoria Incorporated Chinese New Year Dragon Boat $2,500 Festival 2019 Dream Harmony Eid-Ul-Fitr Celebration $2,000 Dunolly & District Neighbourhood Story Seat Ceremony $1,500 Centre Inc Dutch Club Abel Tasman Dutch Film Day $2,000 Eastern Karen Community Karen National Day 2020 $2,000 Document title 4 OFFICIAL Association of Victoria Eastern Senior Chinese Association Moon Festival 2019 $1,000 Eastern Senior Chinese Association Chinese New Year Party 2020 $1,900 Ekiti Kete Association of Victoria Ekiti Day Festival $2,000 Eritrean National Communities Eritrean Australian Festival 2020 $4,000 Council Inc Ethiopian Women's Alliance in Ethiopian Women's Day 2020 $2,000 Victoria Inc. Federation of Indian Associations Australia and India Day $2,000 of Victoria Inc Federation of Messinian Greek Independence Day $1,800 Organisations of Melbourne and Victoria Fiji Islamic Cultural Society of Annual Australia & Fiji Day Event $2,000 Victoria In Fiji Sangam Assn. of Victoria Inc. Maha Mariamman Pooja $2,500 Fitzroy Learning Network Bridges 2 Harmony $5,000 Footscray Asian Business East Meets West Lunar New Year $6,000 Association Festival 2020 Friends of Refugees Inc. Celebrating Refugees 2020 $5,000 Friends of the Children Foundation Australia Day Community $2,000 Environment Forum Future Foundation for Kids Lankan Fest 2020 $8,000 Gabriela Australia Pinay Day - Showcasing Filipino $3,000 Culture, Contributions and Resilience Gamaka Incorporated Gamaka South Asian Classical Music $2,000 Gateway Social Support Options Multicultural Celebration Day $2,000