HSS International
Hi Everyone,
It seems that Mother nature has heard the pleas of newly arrived international students, who are only too eager to jump into Sydney's glistening waters! Spring has come, and with enthusiasm. Hope you have been pleasantly surprised with the best weather we have experienced in a long while- this week's top five includes a stint of kite flying at Bondi Beach... enjoy!
Tanny
**UNICEF meeting- Violence Against Children- TONIGHT!
Unicef and the UTS UN Society are hosting the Regional Advisor for UNICEF, when she comes to Sydney next week!
Sawon Hong will be addressing the Violence Against Children Study. This study is the first collaborative project of all nine of UNICEFS International Protection Advisors, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Office of the Commissioner on Human Rights. It examines the causes and effects of violence against children. This study will be presented to the United Nations General Assembly in October.
Sawon Hong is an accomplished child protection expert. She has held a variety of key position within the UN and various international organisations. She is well versed in Child Protection and Trafficking issues in the Asia Pacific Region, where more than one third of all women and children are trafficked annually.
You are invited to join the UTS UN Society on Tuesday 5th Sept from 6-8pm in Building 4, Level 2, Room 40. Refreshments and Catering provided. Enquiries: Jennifer.Maccann@student.uts.edu.au
**Help HarbourKeepers keep Sydney Harbour clean
Join a growing team of volunteers who keep our harbour clean and healthy in a range of fun and social activities, such as beach and underwater clean ups, volunteer training days, marine surveys, and bush regeneration. Would you like to conduct or participate in underwater and beach clean-ups, biodiversity surveys, bush regeneration and community events at locations around the harbour? Check out their website and see if you can help!
http://www.harbourkeepers.org.au/calendar.htm
**Short Fuse FilmFest in Campbelltown
This is south-western Sydney's original 'big small' film festival. 12 best short films selected by a judging panel will be screened on September 6 at the Dumaresq Street Cinemas, Campbelltown, where the attending audience will vote for the ultimate winners. For those people based in the city, Campbelltown is a train ride journey away. It is also a very different area of Sydney- you've definitely exited the 'tourist' zone. $12 for 12 films- that's a buck a film!
http://www.shortfusefilmfest.com/
**Festival of the Winds
Make sure you don't miss Australia's largest and most exciting kite flying festival down at Sydney's most famous beach - Bondi Beach. The skies will become a spectrum of different shapes, colours and sizes and there will be food stalls, wandering performers and music and dance entertainment. Fly your own kite, buy a kite at one of the workshops. FREE, Sunday 10 Sept, Bondi Beach. For more info contact Bondi Pavilion on 8362 3400.
**Calls to submit audio pieces for Arabic Community
If you have interest in issues that relate to the Arabic speaking community you are invited to submit an original audio piece on CD to SBS radio's Arabic Program. Submissions can be in English or Arabic (or both) and will be a story from your own experiences about your identity, relationships with friends and families and general community. Fantastic prizes to be won. For more info, visit sbs.com.au/Arabic
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