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Somali Week 2008

 

Aayatiin Foundation in collaboration with London Somali Development Partnership (LSDP) member organisations and partners are organising 2nd Somali Week, an annual event, as a part of refugee week. 

 

Somalis are one of the largest single ethnicity in London Borough of Lambeth. Somali Week will promote the success stories like business enterprenours, other achievements and also highlight some of the  problems that the community is facing such as underachievement, crime, health, housing, khat and worklessness.

 

The main strategic objectives of Somali Week are:

1. To raise the profile of the Somali community in the borough;
2. To demonstrate to other communities the potentials of the community;
3. To demonstrate Somali community’s achievements, the challenges and the opportunities;
4. To explore the strategic direction of the community;
5. To provide an opportunity to show case its fascinating culture.

 

The programme for the week will be an interesting one, and will include:

·         3^rd Somali Education Conference: Reflecting realities of reaching-out refugees.  Awards: Partnership, Volunteering, Community Champions, Entrepreneurship, Distinguished Services, Women & Youth categories

·         Commemorating and celebrating the 48th anniversary of Somali independence on 1^st July 1960 (Awards: Partnership, Volunteering, Community Support, Entrepreneurship, Distinguished Services, Women & Youth categories)

·         Grand exhibition on Somali Expo (food, culture activities, artefacts & history)  of Somali communities & voluntary organisations and businesses;

·         School visits aimed at promoting Somali culture;

·         Somali folklore and traditional dances and poems/storytelling’

·         Sports tournaments including various games;

 

Though the major activities take place in Lambeth, it is important that other community organisations across Southwest London will be involved in this week and will organise variety of their own activities in their neighbouring boroughs.

 

There programme is still provisional and there are opportunities to get involved at different levels from steering group to volunteer a session.

 

We are seriously looking for potential sponsors for from rent of premises to awarding materials. The following are offered as opportunities for organisations and individuals to participate in and support the annual event of ‘Somali Week 08’ and some of the events will run longer than others.

 

Somali Week 2008 Sponsorship:

·         Sponsorship supporting  for the 3^rd Somali Education Conference;

·        Sponsorship supporting  for Awards: Partnership, Community Champions, Entrepreneurship, Distinguished Services, Women & Youth categories;

·         Sponsorship supporting for Medals & Trophies

·         Sponsorship supporting for Food and Refreshments

·        Sponsorship supporting for commemorating and celebrating the Somali Independence Day

·         Any other type of sponsorship 'every little helps'.

 

For further information please contact:

 

M. G. Hassan, Chair- Aayatiin Foundation & Secretary - London Somali Development Partnership (LSDP), 1C New Park Road, Brixton Hill London SW2 4DU Tel: 079 0329 8876 Email: gabobe@yahoo.com.

 

Ms Shamso Mohamed - Ahlusunnah Waljame’ah Somali Community, 195 Streatham high Road, London, SW16 6EG Tel: 0208 677 8248 Email: deeqo_19@hotmail.com.

 

Mr Dahir Mohmoud- Somali Centre For Information and Advocacy (SOCFIA), 110 Woodvale Walk, London SE27 0EY Tel: 07904057020, Email:  socfia@midnimo.org.

 

Yours sincerely

M. G. Hassan,

Somali Week Project

 

TWO WORLDS: ONE AIM

MAINSTREAM AND COMPLEMENTARY schools event

 

Tuesday 12^TH February 2008, 9:30 – 13:00, Lambeth Academy,

Elms Road, London SW4 9ET

 

 

09.30 – 10:00	Arrive, Register, Coffee
10:00 – 10:05	Welcome & Introduction about Community Languages Project - (Ennelyn Schmidt – Director of Language College Specialism
10.05 – 10:45	Alice Harrison (SSAT): the Community Languages project – What is it? - Brief Presentation
10.45 – 11:00	Ann Horton ( Lambeth Academy ) – a personal view & reflection of the Community Language Project
11.00 – 11:15	Questions & Answer Session
11.15 – 11:25	Break
11.25 – 12:00	Workshops - Group Discussions
12.00 – 12:15	Feedback Plenary Session & Questions
12.15 – 13:00	Lunch and Networking

 

 

 

                                            

 

MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR ASSETS

Supplementary schools event

Tuesday 22^nd January 2008, 9:30 – 12:00, Lambeth Academy

Elms Road, London SW4 9ET

 

09.00 – 09:30	Arrive, Register, Coffee
09:30 – 09:45	Welcome & Introduction about Community Languages Project - (Ennelyn Schmidt – Director of Language College Specialism
09.45 – 10:30	Asset Languages  - Brief Presentation
10.30 – 10:40	Experience On Using Asset languages – Yusuf Farah (EMAT Bilingual Assistant/Community Development Officer, CYPS, London Borough of Lambeth)
10.40 – 10:50	Questions
10.50 – 11:00	Break
11.00 – 11:10	Overview of Community Languages in Supplementary Schools, London – Dr. M. G. Hassan, Community Languages Consultant, Aayatiin Foundation
11.10 – 11:30	Training and Capacity – Maria Topffer, Continyou, Community Languages Project Quality Framework  – Nikesh Shukla, Continyou, National Resource For Supplementary Schools
11.30 – 12:00	Plenary Session
12:00 – 12:15	Feedback & Closing Remarks
12.15 – 12:30	Networking

 

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