Page 2 of 22 Successful Recipients 2014-15. No Organisation Funding Description Funding Cultural activities during the .2015 National 1 Baila Chile Folk Dances Incorporated $1,000.00 Multicultural Festival Canberra and District Hungarian Commemoration of Hungarian cultural activities 2 $1,700.00 Cultural Association Incorporated . and events Prosperous Mountain Lion Dance Purchase of various costumes to perform at the 3 $2,000.00 (PMLD) 2015 National Multicultural Festival Australian Chinese Cultural Exchange Cultural activities during the 2015 National 4 $1,000.00 and Promotion Association Multicultural Festival Celebration of International Mother Language 5 Bangla Language and Cultural School $1,500.00 Day and publication of the school magazine Bangladeshi Seniors Club, Canberra Participation in the 2015 National Multicultural 6 $2,000.00 Incorporated Festival and celebration of cultural festivals Support Asian Women's Friendship 7 Production of a multicultural community bulletin $500.00 Association Incorporated Purchase of equipment and CDs for the radio 8 Cyprus Community $800.00 program. Purchase of equipment arid CDs for the radio 9 Hellenic Radio $800.00 program. Coordination of the African showcase at the Sierra Leone Community In Canberra 10 2015 National Multicultural Festival and the $10,000.00 and Regions celebration of various community events ', The Royal Commonwealth Society of Commonwealth Day celebrations and a public 11 the Australian Capital Territory $1,500.00 speaking competition Incorporated Lu Rees Archives of Australian 12 Costs of the "Sharing Story and Culture" project $500.00 Children's Literature Incorporated Purchase of costumes and participation in the 13 Troupe Olabisi African showcase at the 2015 National $1 ,Q00.00 Multicultural Festival Purchase of costumes and participation in the Ethiopian Cultural Da.nce Group 14 African showcase at the 2015 National $1,000.00 Canberra Multicultural Festival ·Purchase of costumes and participation in the 15 Liberian Cultural Dance Sydney African showcase at the 2015 National $1,000.00 Multicultural Festival 2015-16 Participation (Multicultural) Grants Program Page 3 of 22 No Organisation Funding Description Funding Purchase of costumes and participation in the 16 Aicha Keita Drum and Dance Sydney African showcase at the 2015 National $1,000.00 Multicultural Festival Purchase of costumes and participation in the 17 Karifi Ensemble Ghana African showcase at the 2015 National $1,000.00 Multicultural Festival Sinhala Cultural Association of 18 Purchase of equipment for the radio program $500.00 Australia Incorporated Organisation of interfaith activity at the 2015 19 Canberra Interfaith Forum National Multicultural Festival and an interfaith $2,000.00 public symposium in April 2015 Purchase of educational material for children to 20 Sauiluma Samoan Cultural Group $500.00 learn Samoan language 21 Persian Language School Cultural activities of the school $500.00 Purchase of costumes arid participation in the 22 · Africa Joliey Dancers Sydney .African showcase at the 2015 National $1,000.00 Multicultural Festival Participation in the 2015 National Multicultural· 23 Telugu Association of Canberra Festival, cultural events and the production of a $2,000.00 newsletter Purchase of CDs and equipment for the radio Ghana Australia Association 24 program and contributi.on towards community $1,500.00 Incorporated cultural· activities Karnatak Association of Ca.nberra . Celebration of '.Diwali' Festival of Lights and 25 $2,000.00 Incorporated other various cultural activities Global Organisation of People of Organisation of activities to observe specific I 26 Indian Origin (GOPIO) Canberra $2,000.00 international days Incorporated Australi.a China Friendship Society, 27 Celebration of the Chinese Lantern Festival $1,000.00 ACT Branch Purchase of costumes and participation in the 28 Zambezi Sounds Canberra African showcase at the 2015 National $1,000.00 Multicultural Festival Purchase of costumes for the 2015 National 29 Rotuman Community in ACT Multicultural Festival and other cultural $1,000.00 community activities Republic of South Sudan Australian Organisation of various cultural and community 30 $2,500.00 Community Association ACT activities .. Taiwanese Association of Canberra, 31 . Various community cultural activities $1,000.00 Australia 2015-16 Participation (Multicultural) Grants Program Page 4of22 No Organisation Funding Description Funding Purchase of operating material and resources; 32 Mandarin for Fun and broadcasting costs to support bilingua,lism $1,000.00 in the Canberra region . ACT Chinese Women Cu.ltural Particip'ation in the 2015 National Multicultural · 33 $1,000.00 Association Incorporated Festival Bengali cultural showcase at the 2015 National Bengali Cultural Association 34 Multicultural Festival and various community $2,500.00 ·(Canberra) Incorporated activities 35 . Canberra Telugu Vaani & Samithi Costs associated with the radio program $500.00 Federation of Indian Associations in Cultural activities to promote community 36 $2,000.00 ACT (FINACT) harmony Manquehue Chilean Folk-Dance Participation in the 2015 National Multicuitural 37 $1-,000.00 Group lncorporateq Festival Cultural activities and purchase of costumes for 38 Africa Youth Choir Canberra $1,000.00 the 2015 National Multicultural Festival Canberra Muslim Youth Inc (CMY Inc) Organisation of Eid prayers and activities for 39 and Islamic Society of Belconnen Inc $3,000.00 Muslim Youth at the Belconnen Arts Centre (ISB Inc) · Participation ih the 2015 National Multicultural 40 ACT Tibetan Community Incorporated Festival and celebration of Tibetan New Year $1,500.00 'Losar' Purchase of costumes for cultural activities 41 Standard Chinese School of Australia $1,000.00 . including the 2015 National Multicultural Festival Serbian Radio Program - 'Let's be Purchase of CD, newsletters, magazines etc for 42 $800.00 Friends' Incorporated the radio program Participation in the 2015 National Multicultural 43 Dante Alighieri Society of Canberra Festival and publication of the Dante Review $1,000.00 newsletter .. Purchase of costumes and for publishing Spondon Musical Group Canberra 44 material for the 2015 National Multicultural $1,000.00 Incorporated Festival St. Athanasius Jacobite Syrian Participation in the 2015 National Multicultural 45 Orthodox Church Canberra .. $1,000.00 Festival and other cultural events Incorporated Purchase of equipment and publishing materials ACT Bilingual Education Alliance 46 to celebrate and promote.language skills at the $1,000.00 (ACTBEA) 2015 National Multicultural Festival Activities to be held during the International Day 47 .Ethnic Disability ACT Incorporated $1,000.00 for People with Disability event 2015-16 Participation (Multicultural) Grants Program Page 5 of 22 No Organisation Funding Description Funding Australia Thailand Association 48 Publication and postage costs for the n.ewsletter $500.00 (Canberra) Incorporated Presentation of South Asian cultural items at the 49 Integrated Cultures ACT Incorporated 2015 National Multicultural Festival and $1,000.00 participation in the Children's Sanctuary 50 Macedonian Community Radio. ACT Costs associated with the radio program . $800.00 Cultural activities and to purchase equipment 51 Madi Australia Initiatives $1,500.00 and costumes for the Madi community festival . Purchase of costumes and participation in the 52 Sol De Espana Spanish Dance Group $1,500.00 2015 National Multicultural Festival Turkish showcase at the 2015 National 53 Bluestar lntercultural Centre $4,000.00 Multicultural Festival and lftar dinner Purchase of costumes for the 2015 National 54 Australia-Nepal Friendship Society Multicultural.Festival and equipment for radio $1,000.00 program Purchase of costumes and audio visual CJC Nihongo Yochien (CJC 55 materials for 'Akimatsuri' Japanese Autumn $800.00 Japanese Preschool) Festival Pakistan Cultural Association Purchase of equipment and CDs for the Radio 56 $800.00 Incorporated program and production of newsletter Participation in the 2015 National Multicultural Fiji Australia As.sociation of ACT Festival and promote Fijian culture with· 57 $1,500.00 Incorporated community a.ctivities · the organisation of the annual school cultural 58 Canberra Tamil School $1,500.00 fu'nction 'lnpath Thamil Vizha' participation in the 2015 National Multicultural Bangladesh Australia Association Festival and celebration of community cultural 59 $2,000,00 Canberra Incorporated activities United Nations Association of the celebrations o'f United Nations Day in . 60 $4,000.00 Australia (ACT) Canberra Vietnamese Broadcasting ih Canberra Purchase of CDs and publication materials for 61 $800.00 (VBC) Radio the radio program participation in the 2015 National Multicultural 62 Canberra Islamic Centre Festival, OpenDay and contribution towards $2,500.00 costs of the radio program the celebration of Eid Al-Fitr Festival and 63 Austral.ian Sudanese Community ACT participation in the 2015 National Multicultural $2,000.00 Festival 2015-16 ParticipatiOn (Multicultural) Grants Program Page 6 of 22 No Organisation Funding Description Funding The Association of the Aged Free Purchase of. equipment and publication material; 64 Vietnamese in the ACT & and participation iri the 2015 National $2,000.00 Surrounding Districts Incorporated Multicultural Festival Alianza Cultural Latino Americana Purchase of CDs, printing material and 65 $1,100.00 . Incorporated membership fees Australian Karen Organisation Participation in the